S.moorcroftiana seems to be a species of arid subalpines and alpines in Western Himalaya. It is also known in Uttarakhand but rarely collected. Since I have not visited any arid alpine zone in Uttarakhand not seen this species in nature. There is one another species which is often wrongly identified as S.moorcroftiana in Indian herbaria. The exact ID is yet to be ascertained of this misidentified species. DSRawat Pantnagar
On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 4:17:28 PM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > Thanks, Chadwell ji > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "C CHADWELL" <[email protected]> > Date: 13 Dec 2016 1:42 pm > Subject: Silene moorcroftiana > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > Cc: > > I am surprised that Moorcroft's Campion, honouring William Moorcroft, is > not on eFI, > given how common it is in Kashmir and also Ladakh. > > My team collected this during the University of Southampton Ladakh > Expedition in 1980 > at Rangdum, Suru Valley, 4235m, mountain slope, N-facing, stony ground, > dry sandy 'soil' > with grasses. To 25cm, calyx elongated, stripped reddish-brown, petals > white with reddish- > brown veins underneath. In clumps. A duplicate pressed specimen was > deposited in the > herbarium at the University of Kashmir. > > The 1981 Southampton University Botanical Expedition to Zanskar found it > at Padam - > occasional in dry stony soil of valley floor. > > Klimes found it in dry habitats - screes, rocky crevices & walls. > > Flowers of Himalaya says it is found on rocky slopes & wastelands, common > in dry areas from > Afghanistan to Central Nepal @ 2700-4500m. > > Stewart recorded it as very common in the Kashmir Valley and in Ladakh @ > 2400-4800m. > > Flora of Lahual-Spiti found this frequent on dry slopes and in rock > crevices, often forming large > clumps. > > Dickore & Klimes list 10 species of Silene for Ladakh. > > *Stewart observed that the Lychnis-Silene complex would be a suitable > Ph.D. thesis for an ambitious* > *student. The synonymy is difficult and too many new names have been > proposed.* > > See: > http://photos.v-d-brink.eu/Flora-and-Fauna/Asia/Pakistan-new/i-wjg94bm > photographed in Baltistan > and the previous image illustrating it growing as a clump. > > > I attach an image photographed in Ladakh on my behalf scanned in from a > slide. > > > > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > -- 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.
