Thanks, Rawat ji And Chadwell ji On 11 Nov 2016 11:45 am, "D.S Rawat" <[email protected]> wrote:
> This seems interesting! > *Androsace mucronifolia* Watt is not known in Uttarakhand, at least not > listed in Uniyal et al. 2007 [(Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand (A > Checklist)]. > Images shown here and another upload by Dinesh Ji show the characters > given by Nasir 1984(FoPakistan) except that the flowers are invariably > solitary on peduncles. Nasir have mentioned a varietal name > *A.mucronifolia* var. *uniflora* Kunth under synonyms which suggests that > the species may have solitary flower. > The species *A. garhwalicum* described by Bipin Balodi and Surendra Singh > (in Bull. Bot. Surv. India 30(1-4). 1988) from Hemkund area (India, UP, > Chamoli Garhwal, Hemkund, 4200m, U.C. Bhattacharyya 29497 A(Holo), B (Iso) > at CAL and BSD) also has solitary flower of 6mm across on 1cm long scape. > It has dimorphic oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate leaves with lower leaves > smaller and upper leaves larger. It is differentiated from East Himalayan > *A.selago* Hook.f. et Thomson ex Klatt which is (after seeing specimen in > Herbcat) is a compact cushion forming species and image is in FoC. > A. globifera and A. delavayi are the other solitary flowered species in > Uttarakhand and I have seen A. delavayi in field which it is not. Even > A.globifera has more compact and silvery cushions ruling out the > possibility. > Some expert may help to resolve the ID with certainty. > Protologue of *A.garhwalicum* is attached here. > DSRawat Pantnagar > > On Friday, September 7, 2012 at 9:48:19 PM UTC+5:30, Prashant wrote: >> >> Dear Friends, >> >> This herb was seen on the boulders en-route Hemkund Sahib. I had >> earlier identified this as Androsace garhwalicum (Ref: book by Keshava >> Murthy). After seeing the post by Dinesh of similar plant i feel this plant >> could also be *Androsace mucronifolia*? >> Family: Primulaceae. >> >> Regards >> Prashant >> >> >> >> -- > 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 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 [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.
