It may be helpful to know what Stewart had recorded about Cyperus squarrosus.
He found it from what was the North-West Frontier Province through Swat & Hazara to Ladakh (so I have a special reason to familiarise myself with this species - it is the only member of the genus known here) also as common Kashmir incl. Lidderwat & Pahlgam, though Srinagar/the lakes are not specifically mentioned; 1200-2700m. *Unfortunately, I have a description of this species from Bhutan and Sikkim - here it is a dwarf plant to 15cm at most, typically on mossy boulders, damp roadsides, fields, arable weed. The herbarium specimens at Kew support these dimensions, so this species seems highly unlikely.* *Have had a quick look at information about 5 Cyperus recorded from the lakes (all sounded promising) or nearby in Srinagar but 4 definitely do not fit; the other I cannot find an accepted name to check it out. Stewart knew it as C.globosus (syn. C.capillaris). Perhaps you can track down what its current name is and whether it is a possibility?* *I am a complete beginner with Cyperus - we only have 2 species in UK and they are not common. Rather more to consider in the Himalaya/India. Stewart lists close on 50 species from Pakistan & Kashmir....* On Friday, April 5, 2013 at 4:27:57 AM UTC+1, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > Tall Cyperus species growing along Nagin lake in Kashmir. 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.
