In Uttarakhand we also have a single population of *Rhododendron nivale* in Upper Bhadirathi valley at Nandan Van (4400-4500m) few kms upward of Gaumukh glacier. Except this record, R.nivale is known in Nepal-Bhutan in the Himalaya.
DSRawat Pantnagar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr D.S. Rawat Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, INDIA *eflorapantnagar* <https://sites.google.com/site/eflorapantnagar/home> displaying wild flora of Pantnagar On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 10:19 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > 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). 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