Thanks, Chadwell ji On 10 Nov 2016 5:52 am, "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> Great image but please take and send accompanying shots of rest of the > plant showing habit, foliage, calyx, undersides of leaves etc. > > I consider this has been correctly identified but apply a slightly > different name drawing attention to the unpublished research of Professor > Arve Elvebakk, University of Tromso, Norway (Curator of Tromso > Arctic-Alpine Botanic Garden). The PRIMULA MACROPHYLLA (sensu lato - > meaning in the broad sense) COMPLEX has troubled botanists and specialist > growers for more than a century. > > > > Elvebakk has recognised a separate taxon/species *Primula meeboldii* > (honouring the German botanist who first collected pressed specimens of > this on high passes in Ladakh in the 19th Century). It has pinkish flowers > and occurs in Ladakh and some other regions. Hopefully the full details > will be published in the not-too-distant future. > > > > Anyhow, I am in support of the separation of P.meeboldii at species level, > along with P.macrophylla sensu stricto (in the strict sense) and Primula > moorcroftiana as separate species. > > > > *The image taken in Himachal Pradesh fits with what I currently consider > to be typical Primula moorcroftiana* (syn. Primula macrophylla var. > moorcroftiana). I have observed both P.macrophylla and P.moorcroftiana on > the Rohtang. P.moorcrotiana is mostly found from 4000-4500m (I have not > been higher but it may well grow at higher > > altitudes) whereas P.macrophylla is mostly found between 3000-3600m. > > > > *Please note that I have observed and photographed Primulas of this > complex in the Kashmir Valley which do not fit either P.moorcroftiana, > P.macrophylla or P.meeboldii - thus at least one more taxon is involved.* > > > On Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 2:15:38 AM UTC+1, Dr Pankaj Kumar wrote: > >> Primula macrophylla var. moorcroftiana (Wallich ex Klatt) W. W. Smith & >> H. R. Fletcher, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh. 60: 590. 1942. >> >> Synonym: >> Primula moorcroftiana Wallich ex Klatt, J. Bot. 6: 120. 1868. >> >> Family: PRIMULACEAE >> >> Current pic taken just below the main Gurudwara of Hem Kunt Sahib. >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HHjkY7FKuUY/UDgm_zkL-TI/AAAAAAAABUU/bLfg6m8FmkM/s1600/Slide94.JPG> >> >> -- > 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.
