Thanks a lot, Tabish ji. On 21 July 2016 at 21:26, 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 email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://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> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. 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 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). 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. 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
