Thanks, Chadwell ji On 6 Nov 2016 9:48 pm, "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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/for >> um/#!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 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.
