Hi, Tabish ji, Were these species described based on observations of Pravin ji & subsequent investigations/ analysis ?
On 2 September 2012 20:23, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to use this VoF Week to share something with people on the > eFI group. > Pravin Kawale had visited Valley of Flowers in 2008, and photographed two > Impatiens species and sent to us at Flowers of India (see the attached > pictures). > We were stumped by the two flowers, and could not identify them (as it > turned out later, for obvious reasons). > Two years later, in 2010, these two were described as new species, *Impatiens > devendrae* and *Impatiens leggei*! > Wonderful job by Pravin! > - Tabish > > -- > > > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1950 members & 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 7000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. --
