Dear Ashwini Ji, the BSI search doesn't work in my browser also. I do not know what your species might be.
Here is the type herb of *D. glabra* Roxb. in KEW - http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000098218 There are many other herb. as well, please search in KEW <http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/navigator.do>. Thank you Regards surajit koley a *non-botanist* member of efloraofIndia google group On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Surajit for pointing me to this list. I guess we could begin by > looking at the geographical distribution of the species and shortlist the > ones for my area/altitude (advanced search on BSI page should work > http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/viewAdvanceSearchPage.action, but > somehow on my browser I couldn’t get it to work). Of course there could > still be a few to choose from (Collett lists five from Shimla). > > Following Collett, I thought the specimen I was seeing was closer to *D. > glabra* but since I am a non-botanist too, I seek expert opinion on this. > It is of course always possible too that an odd species from here is not > well documented and hard to identify with the help of photographs. > > Regards, > Ashwini > > > > On 22-Jul-2015, at 11:00 pm, surajit koley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thank you for sharing. Of 32 species listed in BSI > <http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/speciesList_PCL.action?resultType=genusWise&parent_Id=3490&parent_Name=dioscorea> > how do you determine the species? > > Thank you > Regards > surajit koley > a *non-botanist* member of > efloraofIndia google group > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 3:58 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]> >> Date: 16 July 2015 at 22:42 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:227567] Dioscorea glabra? ABJUL01/13 >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> Which *Dioscorea* is this? *D. glabra* perhaps? >> >> Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP >> 1800m >> 16 July, 2015. >> >> Thanks. >> Ashwini >> >> <_MG_6082_16July15.jpg><_MG_6092_16July15.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 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- more than 2500 members & 2,25,000 messages on 18.6.15) or >> Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 11,000 species & 2,00,000 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 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.
