*Soroseris* genus (Asteraceae, Cichorieae) is represented by two species in Uttarakhand: 1. *S. gillii *(S.Moore) Stebbins 2.* S. glomerata* (Decne.) Stebbins Both are known from Gangotri National Park in Uttarakhand and mentioned as rare (Pusalkar & Singh 2012). However, *S. hookeriana* is not known in Uttarakhand yet.
DSRawat Pantnagar On Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 9:07:55 AM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > Thanks a lot, Chadwell ji. > I do not find any single match in efi site for Soroseris > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: C CHADWELL <[email protected]> > Date: 24 February 2017 at 18:39 > Subject: Soroseris hookeriana - a NEW genus for eFI?? > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > > > I do not know which tribe Soroseris belongs to, so may have missed this > genus > amongst the listings for Asteraceae on eFI- repeat that I find the > sub-division of Asteraceae > (large though the family is) into tribes does not help me. > > I have always operated primarily with GENERA. When I come across a plant > in the UK or > the Himalaya that I do not immediately recognise which SPECIES it belongs > to, I start thinking > which genus? Failing that, which family? I do not think in terms of > tribes. I have found very few > people think in terms of families and almost none of tribes. > > In the past, both floras and guides (such as Flowers of the Himalaya) were > arranged 'Systematically' > by supposedly related families. I NEVER found this helpful, so rapidly > adopted a ALPHABETICAL > approach, which I encourage (although as one can see on eFI) there have > been many name changes > of families in recent decades. Nowadays in the UK, very few people learn > about plant families or even > if they know lots of them, think in terms of which other families are > closely-related. > > *Regardless of whether the genus or species is new to eFI, I doubt if > there will have been many* > *postings - as like, Fritillaria delavayii, which I have just posted > about, this species is another* > *'high' alpine. Not many botanists or other members of this group from > India have reached such* > *elevations particularly if major treks are required.* > > The image below was scanned in from a slide taken in the early 1990s when > I was working as a consultant > to The Royal Government of Bhutan. The pressed specimen was collected for > the mini-herbarium at the > National Institute of Traditional Medicine, Thimphu on stony slopes at > some 4400m on Yak La, Lingshi district > in July 1990. > > Soroseris hookeriana is illustrated in 'Flowers of the Himalaya' recorded > on stony slopes & screes in drier > areas from Himachal Pradesh to SE Tibet @ 4300-5500m. *Is this known > from Uttarakhand, I wonder?* > > Flora of Bhutan records this from among boulders and on screes @ > 3650-4720m in Sikkim, Chumbi and Bhutan. > Populations in NE Bhutan and the Sikkim/Chumbi border do not fit well > within this species, seeming to be > intermediate between this species and S.hirsuta. > > This flora also records S.erysimoides from Bhutan & Chumbi on screes @ > 4-4600m. The authors observe that > few populations correspond well with this species. Some appear close to > S.hookeriana. > > *Such taxonomic uncertainty is beyond the scope of eFI plus I do not > envisage too many formal botanical* > *expeditions exploring much in these regions in the coming years and even > if they do, it is unlikely that any* > *images will be shared with this site. So we need not concern ourselves > too much with these matters, except* > *to be aware that even the world's leading taxonomists at the top > institutions find it difficult to be certain as to* > *which species some specimens belong to.* > > > 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.
