Thanks, Chadwell ji. Dr. Prasad and Dr. Tanveer Khan are helping us where ever possible.
On 21 Nov 2016 9:51 pm, "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote: > Have had a quick look at the most promising species according to Stewart > (all under Scirpus in his day) but cannot readily match the photos taken by > Dr Singh with a species of Schoenoplectiella, Schoenoplectus or > Bulboschoenus nor can justify any more time at this stage. Will return to > scrutinise this family at a later date. > > I am at the beginner stage with Cyperaceae. As Stewart rightly commented > almost 50 years ago (covering the flora of Pakistan & Kashmir) "*our > sedges are a neglected group and much more collecting needs to be done to > enable us to understand our taxa*". The family, like Poaceae (Gramineae) > and Juncaceae remain neglected to this day. > > My team of 3 collecting botanical specimens during the University of > Southampton Ladakh Expedition, 1980 (my first visit to the region) > collected grasses as well as families with showier flowers. There were a > number of first records or amongst the first records for Ladakh. This was > not because the explored in remote places (just along the main route in the > Suru Valley as far as Rangdum) but others have paid no attention to grasses. > > Are there any Cyperaceae specialists in India or abroad who are willing to > comment on photos? Specialists for some families/genera require pressed > specimens. > > On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 2:44:28 AM UTC+1, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > >> Scirpus sp. photographed from banks of lake in Srinagar, Kashmir. Pl. >> 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.
