Thanks, Chadwell ji On 2 Nov 2016 3:05 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 Monday, June 29, 2015 at 1:25:26 PM UTC+1, D.S Rawat wrote: >> >> This dwarf shrub is a common element in subalpine and alpine zones of >> Uttarakhand. Plants are often creeping over boulders. The species is early >> bloomer and probably produce copious nectar which not only attracts flying >> insects but ants too. May be some flowers are pollinated by ants- >> *myrmecophily*! >> >> Photographed in Badrinath area (3200m) in June. >> >> DSRawat Pantnagar >> >> Dr D.S.Rawat >> Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & >> Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, 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 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.
