*This is not Geranium himalayense.* *I will need time to suggest which species this is.* The geraniums of this region have not been well understood. Geranium is found in the region, especially in Ladakh, where it is common in irrigated areas. There are a number of Geraniums in the region I am uncertain about. Entirely possible some new species will be recognised in the years to come. I am currently looking into Primulaceae on eFI specifically Androsaces but will go through Geraniaceae when I can. Was prompted to take a quick look at entries as was sent an image photographed in Ladakh which was thought to be Geranium himalayense but is the dwarf Geranium regelii (in the past this species was not recorded from Ladakh and remains poorly understood).
Geraniums are not easy. A pity that Peter Yeo, formerly of the University of Cambridge Botanic Garden is now longer alive as he specialised in this genus. May I quote from a letter he wrote to me about two confusing colonies of Geraniums I have observed at Patseo in Lahoul (just before one reaches the route up to the Baralacha La en route to Leh from Manali). His thinking was that there were two genetically and ecologically different populations (only some 50 metres apart in places) but the similarities suggest that they have a local common ancestor. He felt it was reasonable to use the name Geranium regelii for the dwarf scree plant. He considered taller plant growing nearby probably comes within Geranium pratense sensu lato (in the broad sense). Complicated.... On Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 3:03:04 PM UTC, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > *Geranium himalayense* Kllotzsch > > Large-flowered Himalayan species somewhat similar to G. pratense but with > wedge-shaped segments, larger purple to pink flowers with 20-28 mm long > petals and longer fruits 4-4.5 cm long. > > Photographed from Kashmir > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > -- 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.
