Thank you Dr Chris. Ashwini On 10-Mar-2015, at 10:40 am, Chris Fraser-Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, I'm sure that is Adiantum incisum subsp. incisum. Actually it is easy > to recognise A. caudatum as that has very narrow lobes to the pinnae, but the > two weren't separated in most older literature until at least the 1980s. > Cheers, > Chris. > > From: Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]> > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, 8 March 2015, 17:59 > Subject: Adiantum incisum/ABMAR13 > > About ten days back I was in Kangra and saw this covering the brick wall of > an abandoned structure. I took an couple of photos then and since I had some > work to do, did not take a sample with me. I went there again today and > collected a couple of fronds, including one with mature sori. Unfortunately, > by the time I came back home after three hours the pinnae had curled up > providing me with inadequate photos. But the sample was enough to narrow down > my search to Adiantum incisum (I had posted the other two Maidenhair ferns > before to this group: Adiantum tibeticum and Adiantum capillus-veneris). It > was difficult to differentiate it from A. caudatum but Dr Khullar says that > A. caudatum is not found in the Western Himalayas so I am assuming it is most > likely A. incisum. > > Adiantum incisum–Please confirm. > Kangra city, HP > 800m approx. > 24 Feb. and 8 March 2015 > > Thanks. > Ashwini > > <IMG_2657_24Feb15.jpg><IMG_2658_24Feb15.jpg><P3089165_8March15.jpg><P3089166_8March15.jpg><PICT0198_8March15.jpg> > > Scales at the base of the stipe. > > <PICT0202_8March15.jpg><PICT0207_8March15.jpg><PICT0211_8March15.jpg> > > It's not very clear in this picture but we can just make out the segmented > form of the surface hair. > > <PICT0212_8March15.jpg> > > > > <PICT0212_8March15.jpg><PICT0202_8March15.jpg><PICT0198_8March15.jpg><PICT0211_8March15.jpg><PICT0207_8March15.jpg><IMG_2658_24Feb15.jpg><IMG_2657_24Feb15.jpg><P3089166_8March15.jpg><P3089165_8March15.jpg> -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
