Delighted to view some quality close-ups of what I understand to be *B.ulicina*. I have not seen this species myself in Ladakh, just images from Nubra and towards Kangi La but only distant shots. It superficially reminded me of *Berberis mucrifolia* I had seen in Upper Kali Gandaki/Mustang in Nepal. Stewart described *B.ulicina* as the most xerophytic of Berberis in Pakistan & Kashmir, usually at the highest levels. I have seen other photos of the fruit of it being a similar colour. Perhaps the description in FOP was based upon old/dried fruits. Many plants have fruits which change colour as they age, sometimes becoming black . The fruits may also change colour when dried and kept in herbaria, so unless the colour is noted in accompanying field notes to pressed specimens, the descriptions are based upon the dried specimens. Stewart only recorded *B.ulicina* from Ladakh but Dickore & Klimes also list *B.orthobotrys* and *B.parkeriana*. Berberis is a very, very difficult genus identification-wise, which would benefit from further studies/revision. Do not think either of these species would be confused with B.ulicina.
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016 12:25:41 UTC+1, Saroj Kumar Kasaju wrote: > > Dear Members, > > Sharing some pictures I guess is *Berberis ulicina* Hook. f. & Thomson > shot in the Khardung Village on 21 August 2014. > > 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 [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.
