Thank you very much Dr Chadwell for taking up validations of cotoneaster posts. Regards. Dinesh
On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 2:10 AM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > I am beginning a check on Cotoneasters posted on this site. > Unfortunately, I suspect a majority are misidentified. Will be sending > available images to Jeanette Fryer (on a CD she does not use e-mail). She > was co-author with the late Bertil Hylmo of 'Cotoneasters' (2009) - the > most knowledgeable person on the genus. She is always busy with other > identification tasks so will certainly take weeks perhaps months before we > hear but worth the wait. > > Please note her comments: "*Klotz included within C.microphyllus a number > of taxa from a wide area ranging from W.Himalaya, Kumaon, through to > eastern Tibet and the provinces of Yunnan & Sichuan but in its strictest > sense C.microphyllus has only been recorded from Nepal. More research is > desperately needed.*" > > I hope her determinations (accurate identifications) will encourage members > to take a greater interest in this neglected genus, photographing more > species. There is every possibility of locating species new to science > within this genus. > > *It makes sense, when those with specialist knowledge are available to > name material to take full advantage. The present situation with the > naming of Cotoneaters in Indian herbaria is in need of improvement. Many > specimens are very old and/or in poor condition, of a scrappy nature in the > first place.* > > > On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 2:47:24 PM UTC+1, Dinesh Valke wrote: > >> [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 >> ------------------------------ >> Dear friends, ID please. >> *Habitat*: sloping meadow >> *Habit*: bushy shrub, not able to recall height >> >> [image: P1000481] >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7775745836%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf-XWS2spquh2_45jvuiRbyrU9-Fw> >> >> [image: P1000480] >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7775748192%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzddZted1S2sNVfSamrqvLgKhGchtA> >> [image: P1000474] >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7775751432%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf3pa3nVBF_nKt0Ye108Y_ktvzwow> >> [image: P1000500] >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F7775743234%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdAvkOxDFDCmugBLXGbm3NR4ZZC5Q> >> 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. > -- 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.
