Thanks, Chadwell ji.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: C CHADWELL <[email protected]> Date: 4 January 2017 at 06:25 Subject: Saxifraga stenophylla - new to eFI To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> I have come across this plant many times in Kashmir and also Lahaul. It is also found in Ladakh so surprised no entries before. It is common on Aphawat. See: http://photos.v-d-brink.eu/Flora-and-Fauna/Asia/Pakistan-new/i-79QCDP8 and the following 5 images which show its habit well. Flowers of Himalaya say open slopes @ 3600-5000m from Pakistan to C.Nepal; common in Ladakh and Lahaul (it is found at the top of Baralacha La). Stewart knew it as Saxifraga flagellaris susbp. stenophylla from Kashmir @ 3300-4200m but considered the variant in Ladakh to be subspecies crassiflagellata. Flora of Lahaul-Spiti had the specimens on Baralacha La as subspecies komarovii. They considered the form on Rohtang (which is not part of Lahaul) was subspecies mucronulata (Flowers of the Himalaya considered this only found further East along the Himalaya). Just for good luck they also record subspecies stenophylla as frequent in alpine meadows and glacial moraines at Chotdara. Seems strange that all 3 subspecies should be found growing so near to each other? Dickore & Klimes list Saxifraga flagellaris subspecies crassiflagellata and stenophylla. *Clearly, there is a lot of different interpretation of the variation within Saxifraga flagellaris* *sensu lato.* Best Wishes, Chris Chadwell 81 Parlaunt Road SLOUGH SL3 8BE UK www.shpa.org.uk -- 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.
