Thanks, Rawat ji On 6 Dec 2016 12:58 pm, "D.S Rawat" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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