Very good photographs. Thanks for sharing Sukla ji. 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 Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Sukla Chanda <[email protected]> wrote: > *Salix obscura **Andersson (Salicaceae)* > > The species is rediscovered from its type locality after a long gap of > 121 years. I collected this specimen from Lachen valley of Sikkim Himalaya > during the revisionary study of Indian Salicaceae in May, 2006 and in > April, 2008. This species was first collected by Sir J. D. Hooker from > Lachen on June 3, 1849 and based on his specimen the first description of > *Salix > obscura* was made by N.J. Andersson in 1868. Next collection of this > species from the same locality was made by Robert Pantling in May, 1885 > and was kept in CAL. Thorough scrutiny of herbarium sheets housed in > different Indian herbaria including CAL, BSHC, APFH, ASSAM, NEHU, DD, BSD, > LWG, RRLH, KASH, BSA, MH, BSI etc. it has become apparent that after > Pantling, no further collection of this species was made from its type > locality. This Sino-Himalayan species is recorded in India only from North > Sikkim. No specimens have been traced from other adjacent state like West > Bengal (Darjeeling Himalaya) or Arunachal Pradesh. One of our papers has > been published on this topic in Pleione ( > http://www.ehsst.org/20%20Sukla%20Chanda_Final.pdf). Its living > photographs are very rare in the web. One of my Rapid Colour Guide shows > two photographs of *S. obscura* ( > http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/plantguides/guide_pdfs/528%20Saliacaceae-Himalaya-India%20b1.pdf > ). > > Although the species shows a restricted occurrence but fortunately this > species is not threatened. The main reason for its good number in those > areas (on way to Lachen from Chungthang, Lachen and toward Thangu from > Lachen) of Sikkim is that local people used *S. obscura* for fencing and > this species have a good response in vegetative propagation. Naturally this > species is conserved in those areas. I visited three times in Lachen where > always found good numbers either on the hill slopes or as fencing. Thanks > to those native people who helped to conserve this species in their own way > otherwise we have to rethink about this issue. > > > Thanks, > Sukla > ------------------------------------ > Sukla Chanda, PhD > Research Associate,Science & Education, > The Field Museum, Chicago IL. > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
