Yes, this is Saxifraga jacquemontiana. I have here in connection with a mistaken suggestion that an image of Sedum oreades was this species.
*I fully endorse Dr Rawat's FIELD EXPERIENCE of S.jacquemontiana, in his case in Uttarakhand. It is absolute nonsense to suggest this is an 'Endangered' species in the Himalaya. **I fail to see how the 'Red List of Threatened Plants of India' was arrived at. It is only possible to ascertain which species are GENUINELY rare, let alone 'Endangered' unless there have been extensive surveys across India by large numbers of field botanists who can reliably recognise species "in the field". Few such botanists exist and for areas as vast as the Himalaya, the flora remains poorly known. This has led to numerous common, even abundant species being claimed to be 'Rare & Endangered'.* *This is a seriously wrong situation which needs to be addressed at the highest levels.... It has led to submissions to and accepted by CITES of Himalayan species which are NOT 'Threatened'.... I keep saying, what about the species which are rare and endangered? Nobody actually knows...* *As for Jacquemont's Saxifrage, this is common in suitable habitat. Stewart found it to be common on high passes in Kashmir @ 3600-4800m. It is recorded above 5000m in other places. I have seen it numerous times in the NW Himalaya. Don't expect those submitting evidence to 'Red List of Threatened Plants of India' spent too much time amongst boulders on high passes to check its supposed rarity...* On Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 8:09:41 AM UTC+1, D.S Rawat wrote: > *Saxifraga jacquemontiana* Decne (Saxifragaceae) is a mat forming plant > in alpine meadows of Uttarakhand above 4000m elevation. > > This species is mentioned as ‘*Endangered*’ in *Red List of Threatened > Vascular Plants of India* (Rao et al. 2003, pp.86-87) though to me it is > not a threatened taxon as I have seen it in many areas of Uttarakhand and > there is no apparent threat to it. > > Here photographed on way to Shila Samudra glacier (4700m) in Chamoli > district of Uttarakhand in September 2014. > > An another upload in eFI ( > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/aHCsmahGZJg) is > probably not *S.jacquemontiana*. > > > > 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 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.
