Thanks, Chadwell ji On 2 Nov 2016 3:20 am, "chrischadwell...@btinternet.com" < chrischadwell...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> I am beginning a check on Cotoneasters posted on this site. > Unfortunately, I suspect a majority are misidentified. Will be sending > available images to Jeanette Fryer (on a CD she does not use e-mail). She > was co-author with the late Bertil Hylmo of 'Cotoneasters' (2009) - the > most knowledgeable person on the genus. She is always busy with other > identification tasks so will certainly take weeks perhaps months before we > hear but worth the wait. > > > > Please note her comments: "*Klotz included within C.microphyllus a number > of taxa from a wide area ranging from W.Himalaya, Kumaon, through to > eastern Tibet and the provinces of Yunnan & Sichuan but in its strictest > sense C.microphyllus has only been recorded from Nepal. More research is > desperately needed.*" > > > > I hope her determinations (accurate identifications) will encourage members > to take a greater interest in this neglected genus, photographing more > species. There is every possibility of locating species new to science > within this genus. > > > > *It makes sense, when those with specialist knowledge are available to > name material to take full advantage. The present situation with the > naming of Cotoneaters in Indian herbaria is in need of improvement. Many > specimens are very old and/or in poor condition, of a scrappy nature in the > first place.* > > > On Monday, August 31, 2015 at 3:59:03 AM UTC+1, Gurcharan Singh wrote: >> >> Cotoneaster microphyllus Wall. ex Lindl. >> Common name: Small leaf cotoneaster >> >> Small evergreen shrub from Himalayas with dense spreading branches; >> leaves usually less than 1 cm long, shining above, gray-tomentose beneath; >> flowers white, solitary or 2-3 together; fruit brighr red, 5-6 mm. >> >> Photographed from Mussoorie Chakrata road on September 16, 2011 >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.microphyllus >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> >> -- > 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 https://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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
