Dear Subhasis ji,
Thank you for the wonderful identification. I went through your
interesting Phytotaxa paper. This plant was photographed by Thingnam
Girija, in the upper part of Tawang town, at altitude of about 3000 m, on
23 June 2013.
Best wishes
Tabish
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On Monday, July 29, 2013 10:39:05 AM UTC+5:30, Subhasis Panda wrote:
>
> Dear All and especially to Gargji
> I have not internet access since 24th July, as I was at
> AHMEDNAGAR College for delivering an Invitation lead lecture on "Present
> Scenario of Eastern Himalayan Plants and our challenges for conservation".
> I have come at Darjeeling just now. I was surprised to see my Gaultheria
> from Tawang?
>
> It is my favourite plant, I am conversant with this plant since 1999, when
> I was a research Fellow at CENTRAL NATIONAL HERBARIUM.
> Botanical Name: Gaultheria griffithiana Wight (Ericaceae)
> It is never Enkianthus spp. (Which I also revised in India)
>
> I am sure for the above confirmation, as I revised Indian Gaultheria
> (Fascicle Of Ericaceae in India: now in St. Joseph Press, Trivandrum, very
> soon published under the Editorship of Dr. M. Sanjappa, former Director,
> BSI)
>
> Please follow the paper published in PHYTOTAXA (1.79 impact factor) vol.
> 38: pp. 24-28. 2011 (S.Panda & J.L. Reveal).
> Title: Lectotypification of three names in Gaultheria L. (Where G.
> griffithiana type specimen shown).
>
> Regards
> Dr. Subhasis Panda
> Assistant Prof. in Botany
> UG & PG. Deptt. of Botany
> Darjeeling Govt. College
> Darjeeling-734101
> (Ex-Research Fellow at CAL)
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 3:09 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected] <javascript:>
> > wrote:
>
>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.
>>
>> Some earlier relevant feedback:
>> Enkianthus serrulatus? or any close sp.?
>> Regards,
>> Ritesh.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ritesh, thanks for the lead. *Enkianthus *seems to be the right genus,
>> however the flower-shape and the sepals of our plant don't quite agree with
>> the pics of *Enkianthus serrulatus* here:
>> http://www.nature-museum.net/Album/ShowSpPhoto.aspx?
>> virtualalbumid=%28S%2917802&page=1&photoid=c71a23e2-1281-
>> 48e6-a3e4-0e1c8bc05be6
>> I will try to look for other species.
>> Tabish
>> Ritesh,
>> On second thoughts, looking at sepals etc, it looks more like a *
>> Vaccinium* species to me.
>> Comments are welcome!
>> Tabish
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Tabish <[email protected] <javascript:>>
>> Date: 13 July 2013 11:29
>> Subject: [efloraofindia:160175] Unid from Tawang: TQ-Tawang-08
>> To: [email protected] <javascript:>
>>
>>
>> Unidentified shrub seen in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh (3000 m).
>> Leaves are toothed, dark green above, lighter below. Flowers are small,
>> greenish white.
>> Could be wild or cultivated.
>> Please identify.
>> Tabish
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