Congrats Pravin ji....its really great to find the plants even before they were described scientifically!! So, I guess yours are the world's first pictures of these species!!!...great work!... Thanks Tabish ji for sharing this great info with all of us...
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Prashant, I remember that stimulating discussion. The species name > piggycornuta was proposed in good humour by Pankaj and I as it means > pig-tail, alluding to the small curled spur of that flower. :-) > - Tabish > > > On Sunday, September 2, 2012 11:11:07 PM UTC+5:30, Prashant wrote: > >> Yes Dear Tabish, it is indeed the great feeling. Pravin ji is no doubt a >> very keen observer. Finding something even before it is described is >> something worth cheering. >> >> Even his postings from Sahayadri ranges are unique. >> >> But one thing i would like to add here, i think it was in September 2010 >> after i returned from my Hampta Pass Trek (Manali region) and at the same >> time Tabish has returned from Dhanaulti, both with almost similar Impatiens >> sp. We had probably the longest discussion then where-in we had almost >> concluded that the Impatiens sp. we had seen is Impatiens devendrae. But >> then Pankaj ji and Tabish had more closer look and concluded that this is >> some thing different, probably some new sp. Even new name was thought of by >> Pankaj ji and Tabish (i.e Impatiens piggycornuta). >> Finally, with keen participation of all experts (Gurcharan Singh ji, >> Tabish, Pankaj ji, Tanay ji..) the ID was resolved and the ID turned out to >> be Impatiens bicolor. >> >> Great experience as far as i am concerned... >> >> Recent visit to VoF had finally solved the mystery of Impatiens >> devendrae. >> >> Regards >> Prashant >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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]> 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/**U**ser:Jmgarg1<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/**w** >>>> iki/Category:J.M.Garg<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/**gro**up/indiantreepix<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/<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'. >>>> >>>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- > > > > --
