Thanks, Chadwell ji On 15 Nov 2016 10:31 am, "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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 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.
