Thanks, Chadwell ji. On 5 December 2016 at 09:27, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote:
> I do not have any reference books on Korean flora but do possess a copy of > Ohwi's massive 'Flora of Japan' (in English). It (published in 1984) has > the 'Japanese Yew' as Taxus cuspidata (syn. T.baccata subsp. cuspidata) > with var. luteobaccata aril yellowish around a greenish seed; and var. nana > which is much cultivated. The species is typically found growing in the > mountains. I do not have any information on the up-to-date nomenclature > for this tree but it is not mentioned as being found in Korea or China (if > such a distribution existed it would have been mentioned in the Flora of > Japan). > > 'Flowers of the Himalaya' had 'Himalayan Yew' as Taxus baccata subsp. > wallichiana, as many will know, giving a distribution of Afghanistan to SW > China, Myanamar & SE Asia & 2100-3400m. > > Clearly, the specimen photographed in Seoul is a cultivated variety but is > it the native species for Korea? I do not know what this is? > > In the UK we just have Taxus baccata. I think it will be worthwhile to > post some images of the British Yew for comparative purposes. *Can > anyone tell me how Taxus wallichiana is separated from Taxus baccata?* > > > On Friday, December 2, 2016 at 6:01:14 PM UTC, Saroj Kumar Kasaju wrote: > >> Dear Members, >> >> Location : Seoul, S. Korea >> >> Altitude : 150 ft. >> >> Date : 24 November, 2016 >> >> Thank you . >> >> Saroj Kasaju >> > -- 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.
