Thanks, Chadwell ji. On 5 December 2016 at 09:00, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote:
> Dr Rawat is correct this is definitely Rhododendron campanulatum with > which I am most familiar in the NW Himalaya. Life is so much > simpler with Rhododendrons in the NW Himalaya as there are only 4 species > recorded: R.anthopogon, R.arboreum and R.campanulatum. > Further East in the Himalaya there are 40+. I have some images of > R.campanulatum at the fruiting stage, which if I can locate them, shall > post shortly. Cannot recollect if I have any images of R.arboreum at > fruiting stage for comparison purposes. In Uttarakhand there is also > R.barbatum and a more recently described species. > > *Please note the correct spelling of Rhododendron arboreum - which MS > software changes to R.arboretum! Just as it changes Meconopsis aculeata* > *to Meconopsis aculeate, in error!* > > *Only R.anthopogon, campaulatum & lepidotum are listed as found in the > 'Valley of Flowers' within Smythe's book (with R.barbatum in a > Supplementary List).* > > I have never been to VoF but in the NW Himalaya the indumentum on the > undersides of R.campanulatum leaves varies considerably, though is often > cinnamon-coloured. Sometimes, early on, it is even white. > > R.campanulatum is typically found between 2850-4300m in Kashmir (according > to Stewart, though Coventry only knew it from 3000-3600m), the branches > often prostrate having been pressed down by snow. I have seen the plant on > the Rohtang and making a fine display on the southern-slopes of the Baspa > Valley above Chiktul in Kinnaur. This shrub is plentiful on the lower > slopes of Aphawat. I understand that the leaves & twigs are said to have > medicinal properties (incl. in Tibetan Medicine). The leaves are not eaten > by goats and are considered poisonous to them. > > All plant species vary. The typical shape of R.campanulatum leaves varies > from broadly elliptic to oval. The typical shape of R.arboreum leaves is > oblong to lanceolate. > > As for Rhododendron arboreum, this is limited to 1200-2400m in N.Pakistan > & Kashmir. It is much more common eastward. I have seen it at Shimla & > Mussorie, where it is common. R.campanulatum was recorded on 'The Chor' by > Collett. > > So these two species would not be expected to be found growing together in > the W.Himalaya or Uttarakhand for that matter, which I consider (I trust > not too controversially) to be part of the 'Central' Himalaya in floristic > terms, rather than 'West' or East'; there are quite a number of species, > as Dr Rawat knows far better than I, which are at their NW limit in > Uttarakhand, not found in NW Himalaya (Kashmir or Himachal Pradesh, though > there are some found in Himachal Pradesh which do not extend into Kashmir > territory - at least as far as is known). I do not find that the division > of the Himalaya into just 'West' or 'East' covers the flora > satisfactorily. 2 or more Rhododendron species may be found together > further East. e.g. in Nepal. > > > > On Saturday, September 1, 2012 at 6:59:50 PM UTC+1, Prashant wrote: > >> Dear Friends, >> >> Seen this small Tree in its fruiting stage at VoF.. >> >> Date/Time: 08-08-2012/01:30PM. >> >> Regards >> Prashant >> > -- > 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. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). The whole world uses my Image Resource <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- 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.
