Umbelliferae for the Flora of Bhutan

Introduction
Flora of Bhutan Project covers most of the E Himalayan region (Bhutan, Chumbi Valley, Sikkim and Darjeeling). and includes a very diverse flora: the Umbelliferae are represented by some 90 species in 38 genera. The Umbelliferae account is primarily based on herbarium material housed at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E), Natural Hisory Museum London (BM), and the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (K), although some living material was available at Edinburgh. One of the aims of the Flora is to make available this historic information in a form that can be used by the local scientists. All taxa are keyed out, concise diagnostic descriptions are provided, and major groups are illustrated with line drawings. Research for the Umbelliferae was greatly helped by the meticulous field observations of John Wood, and the wide experience of Jennifer Lamond. 

All the records used in the preparation of the account have been entered into the World Umbellifer Database. We are in the process of making this available as an online Flora account generating distribution maps when required. A subset of this data has been published as the Internet searchable Gazetteer of East Himalayan Plant Collecting Localities. 

Language
English.

Author
Mark Watson, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, U.K.

Scheduling
Published in late 1999
Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G., 1999. Flora of Bhutan, vol 2(2). Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh & Royal Government of Bhutan. [Umbelliferae on pages 434-504.]

Publications arising from this work
Watson, M.F., Internet searchable web page Gazetteer of East Himalayan Plant Collecting Localities. 

Watson, M.F., 1996. Notes Relating to the Flora of Bhutan: XXXIII Umbelliferae, I. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 53(1): 127-144.

Abstract: Ten new species of Umbelliferae are described from Bhutan, Nepal and Sikkim: Cnidium atropurpureum M.F.Watson, Cortiella lamondiana Fullarton & M.F.Watson, Heracleum bhutanicum M.F.Watson, H. woodii M.F.Watson, Keraymonia pinnatifolia M.F.Watson, Schulzia bhutanica M.F.Watson, Sinocarum longii M.F.Watson, S. minus M.F.Watson, S. pulchellum M.F.Watson and S. woodii M.F.Watson. Two new combinations are made: Cortiella cortioides (C.Norman) M.F.Watson and Meeboldia digitata (Kljuykov) M.F.Watson. 

Abstract: The second and final part in which Himalayan taxa in the genera Acronema, Angelica, Chamaesciadium, Chamaesium, Heracleum, Lalldhwojia, Oenanthe, Physospermopsis, Pimpinella, Pleurospermum, Schulzia, Selinum, Sinocarum, Tordyliopsis and Vicatia are typified, with notes on some critical taxa (notably Acronema, Selinum and Sinocarum). The new name Cnidium bhutanicum M.F.Watson is established. A list of voucher specimens for the whole Flora account is appended.