Thanks, Chadwell ji. Seems close as per images at http://www.florasilvestre.es/mediterranea/Amaranthaceae/Krascheninnikovia_ceratoides.htm
On 25 September 2016 at 10:41, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Chadwell ji. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: C CHADWELL > Date: 25 September 2016 at 04:17 > Subject: Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:250334] Ladakh flora 4. > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > > > What I understood to be within Chenopodiaceae - a difficult family. > > According to the most up-to-date check-list for Ladakh by Dickore & Klimes, > now within the Amaranthaceae. > > It has similarities to *Krascheninnikovia ceratoides* but does not match > well the typical > forms of this - seems rather variable. > > Stewart and 'Flowers of the Himalaya' only recognised this species but > Dickore & Klimes > also list *K.pungens*. They said, " *K.ceratoides* and *K.pungens* seem > fairly distinct and > mutually exclusive through much of the Karakoram, although the nature of > the taxa within > the genus, their morphological definition and delimitation are apparently > poorly understood. > ... the identification of several specimens from this area remains > doubtful". > > *I currently do not know how to distinguish between the two species and my > suggestion of* > *K.ceratoides for the images taken by *ushaprabha in Ladakh is > speculative. > > *Can anyone help?* > > > > > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > http://www.shpa.org.uk/ > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > *To:* efloraofindia <[email protected]> > *Cc:* ushaprabha page <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, 24 September 2016, 7:45 > *Subject:* Fwd: [efloraofindia:250334] Ladakh flora 4. > > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *ushaprabha page* <[email protected]> > Date: 28 August 2016 at 19:21 > Subject: [efloraofindia:250334] Ladakh flora 4. > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > Id pl of the herb in Ladakh. > ushaprabha. > -- > 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:[email protected] > <[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). 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