Thanks Dr Shukla for your expert comments.
I believe in India we badly require family experts like you.
But that is not priority agenda for funding agencies.
They fund molecular studies of wrongly identified taxa.

On 3/2/14, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks a lot Dr. Sukla for settling this issue.
>
> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
> Retired  Associate Professor
> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
> Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/
> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 7:24 AM, Sukla Chanda <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Dear Sir,
>>
>> As I already discuss in my previous mail regarding this P. pamirica- P.
>> balsamifera issue. . I'm not willing to include neither P. pamirica nor
>> P.
>> balsamifera in Indian list.
>>
>> I would like add some more facts that this decision is a result of my
>> five
>> year's research work and it is based on studies of so many authentic
>> materials deposited in different foreign herbaria and literature. I'm
>> fortunate enough to view those images through Dr. *P. Lakshinarasimhan
>> and Dr. S. Srivastava, Indian Liaison Officers, *(both were posted at
>> Kew) who not only send the pictures from K but also provided me images
>> from
>> other major European herbaria (P, G, LINN, BM, UPS) during their visit.
>> I'm
>> also thankful to Dr. I. Belyaeva for sending me type images of P.
>> pamirica
>> from Lenningrad. I really enjoyed this discussion. Thank you Sir.
>>
>>
>> Dear Dr. Khuroo,
>>
>> Thanks so much for your posting. This is Populus szechuanica var.
>> tibetica. Basically Indian "Populus balsamifera"(of Hooker, Brandis) is
>> now
>> considered under Populus szechuanica var. tibetica following C.K.
>> Schneider
>> (Pl. Wilson., 1916). I do not agree with to eFlora of Pakistan that
>> "Indian specimens of P. balsamifera actually belong to P. pamirica". You
>> can check the character through Flora of China and also from the book Pl.
>> Wilson., 1916. Thanks for providing the fruiting catkin which helps a lot
>> for identification. Next time when you collect Populus please try to
>> follow
>> their fruiting and ovary characters (shape & hairiness of ovary, length
>> of
>> stipe of ovary and number of valves in the fruits after dehiscence). And
>> if
>> possible try to take photographs of the entire catkin and fruits.
>>
>>
>> I hope to see some more post of Populus and Salix as well from Ladakh.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sukla
>> ------------------------------------------------
>> Sukla Chanda, PhD
>> Science & Education,
>> The Field Museum, Chicago IL.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Anzar Khuroo <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Sir
>>>
>>> Wurdwan Khistwar - a region at trijunction of zanaskar, pahalgam. and
>>> Marwa Dachan in j & k.
>>>
>>> On 3/1/14, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > Dear Anzar
>>> > Please indicate the place. Looks similar to my herbarium sheet of P.
>>> > balsamifera, common in Dachigam.
>>> >
>>> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh
>>> > Retired  Associate Professor
>>> > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
>>> > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
>>> > Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
>>> > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/
>>> > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Anzar Khuroo <[email protected]>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Plz confirm whether it is Populus pamirica Kom.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:02 PM, Sukla Chanda
>>> >> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Mr. Khuroo can you please share the picture of Populus pamirica in
>>> this
>>> >>> group? It would be really interesting to see the plants from Ladakh.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Thanks,
>>> >>> Sukla
>>> >>> ------------------------------------------------
>>> >>> Sukla Chanda, PhD
>>> >>> Science & Education,
>>> >>> The Field Museum, Chicago IL.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 12:53 AM, ANZAR KHUROO <
>>> >>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> Dear Dr Shukla
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Thanks for species list of Salicaceae.
>>> >>>> However, in Populus, one species is missing: *Populus pamirica*
>>> >>>> Kom.
>>> >>>> I have seen this species in entire Ladakh.
>>> >>>> http://www.tropicos.org/Name/28300611?projectid=32
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Anzar
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On Wednesday, 26 February 2014 10:14:25 UTC+5:30, Prashant wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>> Thanks Sukla ji for sharing this list..
>>> >>>>> Regards
>>> >>>>> Prashant
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Sukla Chanda
>>> >>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>  Hi Garg ji,
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> Here is the list of Populus and Salix found in India.
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>
>>> >>>>>> Thanks,
>>> >>>>>> Sukla
>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------
>>> >>>>>> Sukla Chanda, PhD
>>> >>>>>> Science & Education,
>>> >>>>>> The Field Museum, Chicago IL.
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*Anzar A Khuroo *
*(NET, SET, M Phil, Ph D)*


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*University of KashmirSrinagar - 190 006, Jammu and Kashmir, India*

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