Further to my recent post. Have just checked with 'The Primluas of Kashmir' by Frank Ludlow. He states that this dainty little species was first discovered by Duthie in Garwhal in 1883. The following year he came across it in Kumaon and after that it was found in the Kulu Valley & Chamba.
It was unrecorded from Kashmir until Ludlow & Sherriff found it near the Sinthan Pass in July 1937 in rock crevices @ 3300m. In 1943 they also found it south of the Pir Panjal Range in the Bangar Valley in the district of Kishtwar again growing on a rock face. More precisely their field notes say "amongst moss under boulders or in clefts of rocks, very fragrant". *May I repeat that I think it almost certainly occurs in other locations in Kashmir and elsewhere but requires the field botanist to check such places - it is easy to pass them by assuming nothing is there, particularly when this Primula is not in flower or at the fruiting stage. Thus it may prove more widespread than currently recognised. As with many plants in the mountains whether at 3300m or much higher, they will only be recorded if they are looked for which requires scrambling about amongst cliffs & boulders (care needs to be taken to avoid slipping on rock which often is wet). Unless this is done, often large colonies of species are missed. To falsely suggest such species are rare let alone endangered is not just misleading but utterly false. Because such species are poorly represented or not represented in Indian herbaria is no indication of their rarity. If such habitats have not been surveyed then how can anyone claim rarity or abundance....* On Saturday, June 14, 2014 at 7:26:26 AM UTC+1, ANZAR KHUROO wrote: > > A rare species of Primula in Kashmir in high alpines... > I have identified it as *Primula reidii* ???? > -- > ********** > Regards > > *Anzar A Khuroo * > *(NET, SET, M Phil, Ph D)* > > > *Senior Assistant Professor* > *Centre for Biodiversity and Taxonomy (CBT) Department of Botany, * > > *University of KashmirSrinagar - 190 006, Jammu and Kashmir, India * > > E-mail: [email protected] <javascript:> ; [email protected] > <javascript:> > Cell phone: *+91- 9622666606 (within Kashmir)*; *+91-8105050865 (outside > Kashmir)* > > > *Citations:* > *http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=15829758300 > <http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=15829758300>* > *http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=zpMP4mkAAAAJ&hl=en > <http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=zpMP4mkAAAAJ&hl=en>* > > http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=zpMP4mkAAAAJ&hl=en > -- 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.
