Thanks, Chadwell ji On 9 Nov 2016 10:44 pm, "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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] ; [email protected] >> 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 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.
