Thanks, a lot, Chadwell ji, for the confirmation. On 25 September 2016 at 23:23, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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 >> > -- 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.
