Thanks, Chadwell ji. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: C CHADWELL Date: 22 September 2016 at 02:34 Subject: Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:251605] Oxytropis microphylla (Pall.) DC. To: "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com>
This seems to match *Oxytropis microphylla* - as Professor Singh has stated previously, distinguished by small leaflets and glandular swellings on pods. But one has to inspect Oxytropis carefully, as Stewart lists 10 species from Ladakh, whilst Klimes & Dickore have 14 in their more up-todate checklist incl. a hybrid between *O.microphylla* and *O.chiliophylla!* It is a very large genus indeed. Sometimes not easy to distinguish between *Oxytropis* and *Astragalus*. Always take care not to assume a plant automatically belongs to a particular species. Likewise, be aware that plants vary, often a considerable amount within species - such that it is all too easy to think one has come across a species 'New to Science', when it is in reality just a variant of an existing species. That is why taking more than just one or two photos per plant helps a lot to show this variation and by including images of *several* good close-ups of floral parts *and* foliage, greatly helps those of us trying to identify the species. Having those extra images to look at speeds up the process of eliminating possible species and increases the chances of having confidence in the identifications suggested. Thanks to the wonders of digital photography, smaller & more quickly re-chargeable batteries etc. one can take lots of images of every plant. Back in the days of slide film, essential tripods, changing to macro-lenses it was only feasible and economic to take one or two photos per species seen. Best Wishes, Chris Chadwell 81 Parlaunt Road SLOUGH SL3 8BE UK http://www.shpa.org.uk/ ------------------------------ *From:* J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> *To:* Saroj Kasaju <kasajusa...@gmail.com> *Sent:* Tuesday, 20 September 2016, 1:53 *Subject:* Fwd: [efloraofindia:251605] Oxytropis microphylla (Pall.) DC. Thanks, Saroj ji ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Saroj Kasaju" <kasajusa...@gmail.com> Date: 18 Sep 2016 20:35 Subject: [efloraofindia:251605] Oxytropis microphylla (Pall.) DC. To: "efloraofindia" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>, "J.M. Garg" < jmga...@gmail.com> Cc: Dear Members, Sharing some pictures I guess is Oxytropis microphylla (Pall.) DC. shot at Leh on 24 August 2014 at 12000 ft. Thank you. Saroj Kasaju -- 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 mailto:indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com . 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.