Wonderfull shots Rawat ji On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 12:10 PM, D.S Rawat <drdsrawat.alpin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My flora picture of the year 2014 is: > > *Pegaeophyton purii* (D.S.Rawat, L.R.Dangwal & R.D.Gaur) Al-Shehbaz > (Brassicaceae) > > > > The genus has only seven species in the world, most of them described in > last 30-40 years, occurring in alpine Himalaya and adjacent China. > > This species was described by us in 1996 though the specimens were > collected much earlier by me from Roopkund area in Uttarakhand. This area > is a high Himalayan terrain with hostile climate and strenuous tracks. I > trekked to Rupkund and adjacent areas as early as in 1987 as a B.Sc. > student to participate in the Asia’s longest religious on foot journey (20 > days, *+* 200kms) “Nanda Devi Raj Jat 1987”. This area made a deep > impression in my mind and called me back in 1990s twice as a research > student. I missed the Nanda Devi Raj Jat in 2000 but collected all my > energy and strength to join this journey in 2014. The objective was to see > and photograph the flora of this area (photographs and negatives of optical > cameras shot earlier have become a history and of little use) in addition > to religious reverence. > > *Pegaeophyton purii* is a tiny perennial herb (rosettes 2-3 cm across > only) with sparse population restricted to Roopund area (a point endemic) > in the world. After a long gap of nearly two decades I was sceptical about > our encounter with it. BUT the hard toil proved worthy as I was able to > photograph this species first time in the world. The tiny beauty rising up > from the rock crevices and between small boulders greeted us at least at > 5-6 places, still persisting in its native land. > > I have added two more pics to show the area, one depicting the type > locality and other showing panorama behind the ridge. This entire area > sustains some splendid alpines, breathtaking views of Himalayan peaks and > rich flora. The love for these landscapes had rewarded me one new species > and few, collected this year, are to be published as new. > > I have posted it earlier too > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/b/brassicaceae/pegaeophyton/pegaeophyton-purii> > . > > Who knows when I will be able to visit this area once again? > > 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany & Horticulture Incharge Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964 -- 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
