Tanks, Chadwell ji On 27 Feb 2017 5:13 p.m., "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> Jeanette Fryer has DETERMINED this as Cotoneaster nepalensis Andre - this > is the same Series ACUMINATI as C.acuminatus but a separate species - the > two taxa have been mixed-up in the past. > > Fryer states in her book on Cotoneasters under C.acuminatus that several > descriptions of C.acuminatus are unfortunately based on C.nepalensis. The > two species can be separated on the basis that C.nepalensis has fertile > shoots 15-35mm with 2-8 flowers, whereas those of C.acuminatus are mostly > 10-20 mm, with single or paired flowers. According to the Cotoneaster book > C.acuminatus is recorded from Nepal, Sikkim & Ladakh possible also > Pakistan. I cannot but wonder about Sikkim and Ladakh as a distribution? > > The above image - there is only a single image with flowers not fully > opened, no shots of undersides of leaves nor sterile shoots which makes it > harder to reliably name - but clearly with more than 2 flowers. > > Cotoneaster nepalensis is recorded from H.P. and Uttaranachal. > > Please note that there is also C.parkeri, which is closely related to > C.acuminatus. > > On Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 4:55:09 AM UTC+1, gurinder goraya wrote: > >> Dears, >> >> *Cotoneaster acuminatus*. Photographed from near Narkanda. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Dr. G S Goraya, IFS >> Deputy Director General (Research), >> Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education, >> New Forest P.O., Dehradun - 248006. >> (Uttarakhand, India) >> Tel. (+91-941-802-5036) >> > -- > 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.
