Chadwell Sir Ji, Unfortunately, I don't know anyone there. It was only a family visit for a few days and I visited the Botanical Garden just once. Regards, Aarti
On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 5:44 PM, C CHADWELL <[email protected] > wrote: > Dear Aarti > > IF you know the staff at The Nehru Botanical Garden in Srinagar perhaps you > can inform them of the name change - their actual identification is > correct. > > When I visited a few years back I was shown round (along with Mrs Suri, > Proprietor > of P.Kohli & Co.) by senior staff including Javed Ahmad Shah, District > Floriculture > Officer, Department of Floriculture Kashmir - he knew me from a visit to > Kashmir in > the 1980s. > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> > *To:* C CHADWELL <[email protected]> > *Cc:* efloraofindia <[email protected]>; Gurcharan Singh < > [email protected]>; J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, 22 November 2016, 18:35 > *Subject:* Re: Bergenia Species For ID : Srinagar,Kashmir : 22NOV16 : AK-1 > > Chadwell Sir Ji, > Thank you for validation and giving the change in name to my Bergenia > Species. > Regards, > Aarti > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 5:35 PM, C CHADWELL <chrischadwell261@btinternet. > com> wrote: > > Dear Aarti, > > I have just sent an image (not in close-up) of the Bergenia been > cultivated at Nehru Botanical Garden to > Mr Garg, so will be posted shortly. > > The specimens were correctly identified but the nomenclature has changed. > The plants are now known > as *Bergenia pacumbis* (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) C.Y.Wu & J.T.Pan. > > It was previously known as Bergenia ciliata forma ligulata and B.himalaica. > > Bergenia ciliata is not given as a separate species in Flora of China. > > According to 'Saxifragaceae' (Flora of Pakistan) the formas of B.ciliata > are distinguished > on the basis of the hirsute leaves of forma cilata, though upper surface > is sometimes glabrous. > > There clearly has been confusion in the past and I wonder about past > records and the distribution of > both taxa. > > > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> > *To:* efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups. com > <[email protected]>>; Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>; > J.M. Garg <[email protected]>; C CHADWELL <chrischadwell261@btinternet. > com <[email protected]>> > *Sent:* Tuesday, 22 November 2016, 7:37 > *Subject:* Bergenia Species For ID : Srinagar,Kashmir : 22NOV16 : AK-1 > > Garg Ji, posting after a long gap. > I was travelling and kept very busy so couldn't interact on the group. > Since Chadwell Sir Ji is currently going through all the posts on > Bergenias, adding my pictures taken at the Jawaharlal Nehru Botanical > Garden, in Srinagar. > These pics were taken on 24th April,16. > Gurcharan Ji has identified these pics as Bergenia ciliata. > Aarti > > > > > > -- 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.

