No, the species were described independently of Pravin's photographing them. But the important point for us is that Pravin had found them two years before they were described! - Tabish
On Sunday, September 2, 2012 9:22:26 PM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > 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] <javascript:>> 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'. > > --
