I am certain about it as I created the page Echinops sphaerocephalus <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/ar/asteraceae/carduoideae/echinops/echinops-sphaerocephalus> after detailed search. Pl. check references herein. Somebody needs to publish it to finally make these records for India.
On Sun, 14 Jul 2019 at 21:28, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Tabish, pictures at FOI are certainly from wild. > Whether spines conspicuously rising out of flower head is a feature > differentiating *E. echinatus* from another species, or is just a > variation - needs checking. > > The *Echinops sphaerocephalus* L. arose with my post of *Echinops* for > validation at facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/groups/indianflora/permalink/2795013973873257/>. > From the discussion, it looked like the species is found in north-western > parts of India. > Hope we reach to correct ID. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 9:11 PM Tabish <tabi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> According to Plants of the World Online,* Echinops sphaerocephalus* L. >> is not distributed in India at all! >> >> http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:202677-1 >> I presume the pics on FOI were clicked in the wild. >> Tabish >> ------------------------------------------- >> www.flowersofindia.net >> The waterhole of flower lovers <http://www.flowersofindia.net> >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 10:52 AM J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Image of Echinops echinatus in FOI >>> <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Globe%20Thistle.html> >>> by Ravi Vaidya should be of Echinops sphaerocephalus >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/ar/asteraceae/carduoideae/echinops/echinops-sphaerocephalus> >>> as >>> per images, details and references herein. >>> I request Tabish ji to pl. correct. >>> -- >>> 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- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >>> 1,70,000 images are directly displayed). >>> >>> 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'. >>> >> -- 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- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than 1,70,000 images are directly displayed). 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFBdKNkvD-EV-3LMWFhPoyZjDgCvXTtO46ZQdD8YZkLrLw%40mail.gmail.com.