OK Tabish, I will revise my notes accordingly. Regards. Dinesh On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 9:26 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think, this one is *Impatiens chungtienensis* Y.L.Chen (what has been > called Impatiens badrinathii on this forum), and not Impatiens thomsonii. > The difference between the two is a bit subtle. The straight spur, and not > curved, may be the first indicator. But the more noticeable one is that the > upper leaves are stem-clasping. Also, the leaves may be almost oblong. > A comparison with Gurcharan ji's Impatiens thomsonii images from Kashmir > might help: > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/zEtBIarBMdA > In Gurcharan ji's species, the spur is curved, and the upper leaves may > be stalkless, but are not stem-clasping. Also, the leaves are ovate, never > tending to oblong. > The difference between the flowers of *Impatiens chungtienensis* and > *Impatiens > thomsonii* is rather subtle. In I. chungtienensis the lower sepal > *gradually* narrows into the spur, but in I, thomsonii the lower sepal > *abruptly* narrows into the spur. This difference may be noted by looking > at the side views of flowers in Dinesh's and Gurcharan ji's species. > Cheers! > Tabish > > > > On Monday, August 20, 2012 at 5:38:11 PM UTC+5:30, Dinesh Valke wrote: >> >> >> * Impatiens thomsonii * ... (family: Balsaminaceae) >> [image: ... view from Auli] >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7763927364%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfJV0xiDZWC1109G8uvUV7imydqcA> >> 31 JUL 12 >> Auli ... 8750 - 9000 ft >> ------------------------------ >> [image: Impatiens thomsonii] >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7775766714%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfro7__PyJnOajuFgC1CmDfm9o6iw> >> >> [image: Impatiens thomsonii] >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7775445282%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfn3iCLcnHsT_YdLWzyhmtmvNLRCw> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
