Congratulation !!
On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 5:19 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]> wrote: > Honorable members > Attaching the recently published paper on this rediscovery. > DSRawat Pantnagar > > On Thursday, June 5, 2014 2:22:13 PM UTC+5:30, D.S Rawat wrote: >> >> We have good news on this day when a lot of environmental problems are >> discussed including *extinction of species*. >> >> >> >> Last year’s toil have fruited now. After a natural disaster (I call it >> natural because we are also apart of nature’s creation) in June 2013 in >> Utttarakhand Himalaya, we (I with my student Satish) dared to venture into >> the anterior Kali Valley on a trail leading to Kailash & Mansarovar, in >> July 2014. Hills were severely bleeding with scars of active landslides and >> after Pithoragarh we changed vehicles several times to reach Jauljibi for >> night stay. >> >> >> Next day, once again, after changing vehicles few times reached Dobat >> beyond which no vehicles were available. Consequently, we trekked for about >> 25 kms to reach Pangla, a village motorable in normal summer seasons. This >> trekking was adventurous (see pics) and even the local people were not >> moving from their villages. After Pangla there were numerous landslides and >> road was covered with sliding mantle of earth; it is yet not repaired >> today. We trekked for nearly 15 km negotiating ups and downs in the remote >> Himalayan terrain and reached Malpa, a place remembered for a natural >> disaster in August 1998 in which entire Malpa (Malipa) village and pilgrims >> to Kailash- Mansarovar were killed. Now this place has a deserted look and >> Mahakali (as Kali river known in the area) roars in a deep gorge hundred >> meters below old Malipa village site. >> >> >> >> Despite of all troubles in 40-45 km track we were rewarded by the >> collection of a presumed *Extinct* species *Dipcadi reidii >> (Asparagaceae)*. Way back, in 1886, J.F. Duthie and J.R. Reid collected >> plants here and on the basis of these specimens a new species D. reidii was >> published by Deb and S. Dasgupta in 1978. The species was never collected >> or seen by any other after 1886 and this led to the assumption that it has >> become extinct (in Red Data Book of Indian Plants and 1997 IUCN Redlist of >> threatened Plants). The locality of D. reidii was, in fact, not clear in >> scientific literature and general plant collection in the area didn't collect >> it. >> >> >> >> It was fortunate for us that our intentional botanical exploration in >> this remote locality succeeded in rediscovery of it. >> >> >> >> Our scientific publication will appear in June issue of Rheedea and I >> received the proof of it today. >> >> >> *Attached pics narrate the story*. >> >> Dr D.S.Rawat >> Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & >> Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, INDIA >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
