Thought best to collect my thoughts before responding further. The problem with
the links provided (and most from specialist nurseries,growers and the like) is
that such people (in good faith mostly - though it isin the commercial interest
of nurseries to list as many different species &cultivars as possible, as there
are collectors of all available examples offavoured genera e.g. Androsace,
Primula, Iris, Meconopsis, Geraniumetc.). They will buy if the species name or
cultivar name is different towhat they already have (or think they have). The
problem is that hardly any of those running nurseries, websites(even the top
horticulturists in the UK) have any proper training in how toidentify plants -
to be fair, often few, if any reference books or otherresources exist. They
rely on the name something arrived at. The result is, as my own
informalresearch suggests, a high proportion of plants are misidentified in
cultivation(just as a significant proportion of plants seen during surveys and
trips tothe Himalaya are misidentified). For plants under names of species
foundin the Himalaya (some plants grow in the Himalaya and other regions of
theworld, so the example may not have originated in the Himalaya) I judge
atleast 50% to be misidentified (and I do not mean because they are
hybrids,another complication in cultivation) - I have checked plants from
nurseries andsources of seed, commercial and botanic garden index semina. Thus,
we cannot expect the situationwith Androsace in cultivation to be any
different. Of the links provided, the final two donot come close to the others
and in my opinion are not Androsaceglobifera. As to the identity of the
plantphotographed in VoF - this, as I have already stated is definitely
notA.mucronifolia. It might be A.globifera but some sources say itshould have
flower-stalks (others like 'Flowers of Himalaya' say short-stalkedor stalkless.
It is the most likely candidate. There has long been confusion with themat and
cushion-forming species. Interestingly, the image of A,globiferain 'Flowers of
the Himalaya' shows flowers with darker central parts, as doesthe much larger
photo of this species in 'Portraits of Himalayan Flowers'(T.Yoshida), along
with one of the images in his 'Himalayan PlantsIllustrated'.I comment about
Androsace garwhalicum in otherposts.
Best Wishes,
Chris Chadwell
81 Parlaunt Road
SLOUGH
SL3 8BE
UK
www.shpa.org.uk
From: Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>
To: J.M. Garg <[email protected]>
Cc: efloraofindia <[email protected]>; Prashant awale
<[email protected]>; D.S Rawat <[email protected]>;
[email protected]
Sent: Friday, 18 November 2016, 6:02
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:256983] VOF Week: : Androsace mucronifolia?
en-route Hemkund sahib
Yes I had sent the image to some friends and Dr. Gajendra Singh Rawat says this
should be A. globifera.May be Dr. Chris can through some light on this.Thanks
and regardsPankaj
On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 12:51 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks, Chadwell ji & Rawat ji.To me it appears close to Androsace globifera as
per the following images (though I may or may not be
correct):http://www.phytoimages.siu. edu/imgs/Cusman1/r/ Primulaceae_Androsace_
globifera_93803.htmlhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/
wiki/File:Androsace_globifera_ 3.JPG
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Androsace_globifera#/media/
File:Androsace_globifera.jpghttps://www.nargs.org/plant/
androsace-globiferahttp://phytoimages.siu.edu/ imgs/Cusman1/r/Primulaceae_
Androsace_globifera_70529.html
http://garden.org/plants/view/ 133923/Rock-Jasmine-Androsace- globifera/
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From: Prashant Awale <[email protected]>
Date: 7 September 2012 at 21:48
Subject: [efloraofindia:129229] VOF Week: : Androsace mucronifolia? en-route
Hemkund sahib
To: indiantreepix <indiantreepix@googlegroups. com>
Dear Friends,
This herb was seen on the boulders en-route Hemkund Sahib. I had earlier
identified this as Androsace garhwalicum (Ref: book by Keshava Murthy). After
seeing the post by Dinesh of similar plant i feel this plant could also be
Androsace mucronifolia?
Family: Primulaceae.
Regards
Prashant
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