Thanks, Chadwell ji On 20 Nov 2016 10:42 pm, "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> This looks correct. I have seen it on Rohtang and another pass in Kulu > Valley. > > Stewart found Moorcroft's Saxifrage to be common in Kashmir @ 3000-4200m > with records from above Gulmarg, Khelanmarg, Kolahoi, Sonamarg etc. > > Flowers of Himalaya says Pakistan to SW China on alpine slopes @ > 3600-4500m. > > I do not consider it to be S.parnassifolia (which I have seen in Nepal) > which has not been recorded NW of Uttarakhand (according to 'Flowers of > Himalaya' - though there is a somewhat dubious record from Kashmir). > Flowers of Himalaya distinguishes S.parnassifolia from S.moorcroftiana on > the basis of basal leaves broadly ovate with heart-shaped base (narrowed to > leaf-stalk in S.moorcroftiana) with upper leaves triangular heart-shaped > with clasping rounded lobes with smaller petals 5-7mm). One cannot make out > the basal or upper leaves in the photos or judge the length of petals but > think the 7-10mm for S.moorcroftiana more likely. > > Flowers of Himalaya says 3600-4500m - the lower limit is quite a bit > higher than where this was photographed but the part of the Rohtang I saw > what I consider to be S.moorcroftiana, growing abundantly was close to > 3100m (or perhaps even lower). Stewart's information for Kashmir of 3000m > is likely to be correct. *Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal > (the main reference for 'Flowers of the Himalaya' with the Natural History > Museum in London being the authors' reference herbarium, gives a lower > limit of 2400m, so clearly a mistake was made in Polunin & Stainton's book > - there are a number, not many but they do exist; we all make mistakes*). > > Collet called a plant he found to be rare at Shimla but common at Mushobra > and Mahasu Saxifraga diversifolia. He considered it "typical" > S.parnassifolia. He thought S.moorcroftiana which grew on the "Chor" was > much taller and more robust with lanceolate or oblong leaves 5-10cm > long, FBI included both under S.diversifolia. *Clearly, there has been > confusion and differences of opinion about separating these species.* > > Stewart had S.diversifolia var. moorcroftiana as a synonym of Saxifraga > moorcroftiana - he felt the true S.diversifolia was only found West of > Kashmir. > > On Friday, September 9, 2016 at 9:51:09 AM UTC+1, ashwini wrote: > >> Found a couple of plants of this Saxifrage at 3200 and above. The red >> dots on the petals are conspicuous. The habit and leaves (smaller) are >> similar to *S. parnassifolia*. Could this be *S. moorcroftiana*? >> >> *Saxifraga moorcroftaiana*—Moorcroft's Saxifrage? >> Above Triund, HP >> 3100m >> 03-04 September 2016 >> >> Thanks. >> Ashwini >> >> >> >> -- > 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.
