Carex is a large and difficult genus. I photographed 3 Carex in my own village in the UK this year and have only, so far, been able to name one of them. There is a guide to Carex published by the BSBI which I had a copy of at one time but was damaged and discarded; I do not currently have the budget to by an up-dated version. Without it I will struggle (with help) to name the other two.
In the UK we are blessed with The Botanical Society of the British Isles (BSBI) which has a Panel of Referees and Specialists available to have material sent to them to identify. There are a number of specialists available to accept specimens (either pressed and dried or in some cases fresh) with certain ones with particular expertise in particular groups or aggregates. *In all cases mature fruits and underground parts should be sent.* I doubt if many of them would be able or willing to attempt to name specimens on the basis of photos alone particular those not of greater close-ups or mature fruits than shown in these images. *As to the suggestion of Carex echinata is the sedge photographed; this is known as the 'Star Sedge' in the UK where it is common. Dr Singh is correct that this species has not been recorded from Pakistan or Kashmir. However, there is Carex polyphylla which has C.echinata var. leersii as a synonym. Stewart recorded that at Gulmarg & Pahlgam from 2100-2700m but not Srinagar - though as I say, this is a difficult and poorly known genus.* Just quickly looked at 'The Plant List'. Unfortunately, Carex polyphylla is not an accepted name but Carex leersi, a synonym is. To be fair to Dr Singh the sedge he photographed has similarities to both species. But I will need to inspect further - somewhen..... SO many genera needing attention! On Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 11:51:02 AM UTC+1, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > Carex species Photographed from Srinagar, Kashmir on grassy slopes. Looks > like C. echinata, but not reported from the area. Kindly help in ID > > > -- > 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.
