Dear all, Since it is not yet in a flowering stage leaves look like *Himalaiella deltoidea *(DC.) Raab-Straube (provisionally accepted name) syn: *Saussurea deltoidea* (DC.) Sch.Bip. (ambiguous synonym).
Request for validation please. Thank you. Saroj Kasaju On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 6:27 PM, C CHADWELL <[email protected] > wrote: > Nothing comes to mind. Best to wait and see what flower-heads look like > when open. > > Plants are not always conveniently in flower (or fruit) when we come > across them. However, it > is worthwhile including images of each species at different stages of > development within the > reference photos for that species - though one needs to be familiar with > the plant first. > > It is seldom worthwhile collecting pressed specimens of a plant not in > flower or fruit to take to a herbarium > for identification - most will be rejected. Hard enough and at times > uncertain enough when flowers or fruit > are present. > > My first job as a field botanist in the UK was as team-leader of a survey > of riverside vegetation > in Wales. Our objective was to attempt to record every flowering plant > (and sometimes bryophytes) > along 500m stretches of riverbank. It was hardest in the spring when most > plants had not reached > flowering stage. Fewer clues available than when a plant is in flower or > fruit - although for the UK > there is now 'The Vegetative Key to the British Flora' - which I have not > been able to get into using much > yet. > > It is going to be an awfully long time before the flora of Nepal or the > Himalaya as a whole will be known sufficiently > well for a comparable guide for identifying plants based upon leaf > characteristics to be prepared! > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > *To:* efloraofindia <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, 26 October 2016, 10:45 > *Subject:* Fwd: SK122OCT03-2016:ID > > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Saroj Kasaju* <[email protected]> > Date: 3 October 2016 at 21:52 > Subject: SK122OCT03-2016:ID > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, "J.M. Garg" < > [email protected]> > > > Dear Members, > > Sharing some pictures for ID shot at Chandragiri Hill Kathmandu on 19 > September 2016 at 8200 ft. > > > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
