Thanks, Chadwell ji ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "C CHADWELL" <[email protected]> Date: 13 Dec 2016 1:42 pm Subject: Silene moorcroftiana To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> Cc:
I am surprised that Moorcroft's Campion, honouring William Moorcroft, is not on eFI, given how common it is in Kashmir and also Ladakh. My team collected this during the University of Southampton Ladakh Expedition in 1980 at Rangdum, Suru Valley, 4235m, mountain slope, N-facing, stony ground, dry sandy 'soil' with grasses. To 25cm, calyx elongated, stripped reddish-brown, petals white with reddish- brown veins underneath. In clumps. A duplicate pressed specimen was deposited in the herbarium at the University of Kashmir. The 1981 Southampton University Botanical Expedition to Zanskar found it at Padam - occasional in dry stony soil of valley floor. Klimes found it in dry habitats - screes, rocky crevices & walls. Flowers of Himalaya says it is found on rocky slopes & wastelands, common in dry areas from Afghanistan to Central Nepal @ 2700-4500m. Stewart recorded it as very common in the Kashmir Valley and in Ladakh @ 2400-4800m. Flora of Lahual-Spiti found this frequent on dry slopes and in rock crevices, often forming large clumps. Dickore & Klimes list 10 species of Silene for Ladakh. *Stewart observed that the Lychnis-Silene complex would be a suitable Ph.D. thesis for an ambitious* *student. The synonymy is difficult and too many new names have been proposed.* See: http://photos.v-d-brink.eu/Flora-and-Fauna/Asia/Pakistan-new/i-wjg94bm photographed in Baltistan and the previous image illustrating it growing as a clump. I attach an image photographed in Ladakh on my behalf scanned in from a slide. Best Wishes, Chris Chadwell 81 Parlaunt Road SLOUGH SL3 8BE UK www.shpa.org.uk -- 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.
