Nice images revealing details. This species is also known in Uttarakhand and its distribution indicate it as a species more common in trans-Himalayan arid alpines. Osmaston (1927) which is one of the authentic work on arborescent flora of Uttarakhand, recorded it from Rimkim near Chor Hoti Pass to Tibet. He also states that it may be found as lower down to 7500 feet in Himachal Pradesh. Probably not collected from Uttarakhand in last few decades. Hope some of us also photograph flowers of this species.
DSRawat Pantnagar On Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 9:47:11 AM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > Thanks, Chadwell ji. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: C CHADWELL <[email protected]> > Date: 4 November 2016 at 19:49 > Subject: Re: Cotoneasters 1: Cotoneaster humilis > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > > > Dear Mr Garg > > Here with my first (of many) offerings of Cotoneaster and my first posting > of my own images. > > Hope members will not be too overwhelmed by the 11 images etc. but > hopefully this will inspire > the serious photographers amongst them to get snapping more images from > 2017 onwards and > recognise the value of additional images covering habitat, habit and > close-ups. Would be good to have > images of the flowers added. > > A ruler in *some* of the images is useful for many genera including > Cotoneaster as exact dimensions can be of significance > taxonomically - a ruler would have helped with the images of the > Delphinium we are currently looking at. > > Not all rulers will come out well on photos (this was 'borrowed' from my > youngest son) and it is easy to leave > them behind in the field, so carry a couple of spares during each trip > (cannot always purchase replacements when in > remote valleys). > > My entry to accompanying the images attached below is as follows: > > *Cotoneaster humilis* Dunn. (syn. *C.gilgitensis* G. Klotz) recorded from > Pakistan, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The type specimen > was collected by Dr R Stewart from near Sonamarg in 1921 - the holotype is > at Kew; whilst the isotype is at Dehra Dun. > > Stewart (1972) recorded this from Sonamarg & Pahlgam plus the ascent from > Deosai to Burzil in Pakistan @ 3-4000m. > > This is not currently an accepted name in 'The Plant List' but Fryer & > Hylmo are revising the genus. > > The images were taken by myself in October in the lower Miyah Nullah, > Lahoul, Himachal Pradesh. > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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.
