Thanks Tabish ji for latest information. Would like to have this paper, if pdf is available. Pedicularia, Gentiana, Impatiens, Primula are a few genera which need to be critically evaluated in Himalayas.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > Gurcharan ji, > This paper of 2009, [Taiwania, 54(2): 122-133, 2009] analyses > Pedicularis species of Section Siphonanthae. I have attached a sketch from > the paper. Pedicularis hookeriana (flower C in the diagram) has a very > short flower-tube. Also the distribution of Pedicularis siphonantha is > mentioned to be from Kashmir to Eastern Himalayas. > So I think the long-flowered species throughout the Himalayas is > Pedicularis siphonantha. > The other long-flowered species, with hairy flower-tube, is Pedicularis > megalantha, but restricted to E. Himalayas. > - Tabish > > > On Saturday, August 25, 2012 3:16:03 AM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > >> But the West Himalayan counterpart with long tube is P. hookeriana as >> detailed by Pennell >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.**com/ <http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/> >> http://people.du.ac.in/~**singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Yes Tabish ji >>> Tube length is distinctive, plus it can be compared with my P. punctata >>> fromk Gulmarg, Kashmir (link given above). >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Retired Associate Professor >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.**com/ <http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/> >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~**singhg45/<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Pedicularis siphonantha from Yumthang Valley, Sikkim, for comparison. >>>> Flower tube is 3-5 cm long in P. siphonantha, whereas it is less than 2 >>>> cm in P. punctata. Should be not difficult to distinguish. >>>> - Tabish >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> --
