Wah! Wonderful! Thanks for this thrilling re-discovery, Rawat ji. And no one can surpass you in its narration. Congratulations, Rawat ji & Satish ji.
On 5 June 2014 14:22, D.S Rawat <[email protected]> wrote: > We have good news on this day when a lot of environmental problems are > discussed including *extinction of species*. > > > > Last year’s toil have fruited now. After a natural disaster (I call it > natural because we are also apart of nature’s creation) in June 2013 in > Utttarakhand Himalaya, we (I with my student Satish) dared to venture into > the anterior Kali Valley on a trail leading to Kailash & Mansarovar, in > July 2014. Hills were severely bleeding with scars of active landslides and > after Pithoragarh we changed vehicles several times to reach Jauljibi for > night stay. > > > Next day, once again, after changing vehicles few times reached Dobat > beyond which no vehicles were available. Consequently, we trekked for about > 25 kms to reach Pangla, a village motorable in normal summer seasons. This > trekking was adventurous (see pics) and even the local people were not > moving from their villages. After Pangla there were numerous landslides and > road was covered with sliding mantle of earth; it is yet not repaired > today. We trekked for nearly 15 km negotiating ups and downs in the remote > Himalayan terrain and reached Malpa, a place remembered for a natural > disaster in August 1998 in which entire Malpa (Malipa) village and pilgrims > to Kailash- Mansarovar were killed. Now this place has a deserted look and > Mahakali (as Kali river known in the area) roars in a deep gorge hundred > meters below old Malipa village site. > > > > Despite of all troubles in 40-45 km track we were rewarded by the > collection of a presumed *Extinct* species *Dipcadi reidii (Asparagaceae)*. > Way back, in 1886, J.F. Duthie and J.R. Reid collected plants here and on > the basis of these specimens a new species D. reidii was published by Deb > and S. Dasgupta in 1978. The species was never collected or seen by any > other after 1886 and this led to the assumption that it has become extinct > (in Red Data Book of Indian Plants and 1997 IUCN Redlist of threatened > Plants). The locality of D. reidii was, in fact, not clear in scientific > literature and general plant collection in the area didn't collect it. > > > > It was fortunate for us that our intentional botanical exploration in this > remote locality succeeded in rediscovery of it. > > > > Our scientific publication will appear in June issue of Rheedea and I > received the proof of it today. > > > *Attached pics narrate the story*. > > Dr D.S.Rawat > Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & > Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, 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 [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/d/optout. > -- 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 2350 members & 1,90,000 messages on 31/5/14) 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 [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/d/optout.
