C. edelbergii as per another thread<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topicsearchin/indiantreepix/Carduus|sort:date|spell:true/indiantreepix/PQUGqZB8HIE> .
On 7 June 2013 13:13, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Kashmir Carduus, treated as C. nutans in FBI, has more recently been > treated as C. onopordioides (Fl. Afghanistan; Fl. Nainitalensis) or C. > edelbergii (Flowers of Himalayas; Stewart catalogue; as subsp. lanatus > Kazmi in Ann. checklist of Nepal plants). Recently I also read about C. > pycnocephalus growing in J & K (probably described in *Sharma, B. D. et > al., eds.* 1993–. Flora of India. (F India)). > I have seen three distinct populations this year: one with larger > heads 4-6 cm across, nearly globose with broader involucre bracts more or > less spreading and heads purple to white, the leaves more spiny and not > flattened; the second similar to first one but less spiny, heads oblong, > barely 15-20 mm broad, 3-4 cm long, involucre bracts less spreading, leaves > similar but smaller and less spiny; third seen mostly in Dachhigam has > smaller heads, although more globose in shape like first one, in shape less > than 2.5 cm across and with more or less erect involucre bracts, leaves are > less spiny and more or less flattened. heads are mostly purple. the latter > fits with C. pycnocephalus but heads are solitary, not clustered as typical > for this species. > I am sending all three for your strict scrutiny and sort their > identity, particularly whether globular one is edelbergii or > ononopordioides (Stewart was unsure whether two are synonyms or not; now > treated distinct species. The genus is profusely flowering these days. > Perhaps you can scrutinise them further. > > > > > > -- > 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/ > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna'<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> 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. 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- around 2300 members & 1,85,250 messages on 28/2/14) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia> . 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 post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
