I enjoyed your images particularly the one showing the pods so well
combinedwith a distant view of the mountains. Such 'habitat' shots are so
informative - itreally is important to know and understand the conditions under
which a plant grows,rather than just its identity. Such insights are often
completely missing from pressedspecimens in herbaria (regardless of their
quality) as accompanying field notes are sooften minimal to zero and even when
detailed cannot match what a good photo imparts.Field experience and knowledge
is under-valued and something contributing members ofthis group can contribute
much valuable information towards by posting their images.
Do share more such images of a variety of species with us. My compliments.
As to identity. The broadly winged fruits appear quite distinctive (not that I
have goneinto the Brassicaceae family in any detail yet) and as far as is
thought at present, only1 species to consider - which always comes as a relief!
Of course we must always STEEL ourselves for a future revision to recognise
additional taxa. Plus someone check thatthere has not been a nomenclatural or
taxonomic change as far as genus or family is concerned....
Best Wishes,
Chris Chadwell
81 Parlaunt Road
SLOUGH
SL3 8BE
UK
www.shpa.org.uk
From: gurinder goraya <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>;
efloraofindia <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, 24 December 2016, 3:31
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:259925] Re: Fwd: Megacarpaea polyandra
#yiv1266370882 #yiv1266370882 -- P
{margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}#yiv1266370882 Dears,
I have dug up a couple of images I clicked at altitude of about 4000 m asl in
September 2014 while on a trek to a high altitude lake in Shimla district of
Himachal Pradesh. I am attaching these two images I think are ofMegacarpaea
polyandra.
Kindly confirm.
Regards,
Dr. G S Goraya, IFSDeputy Director General (Research),Indian Council of
Forestry Research & Education,New Forest P.O., Dehradun - 248006.(Uttarakhand,
India) Tel. (+91-941-802-5036)
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of [email protected] <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 6:58 AM
To: efloraofindia
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [efloraofindia:259592] Re: Fwd: Megacarpaea polyandra Thanks for your
interesting comments Dr Rawat.
Hopefully, members can now spot and post better, digital images including
quality close-ups of this plant. I find manyApiaceae have attractive or at
least curious parts to them, well worth showing in detail - as I do when giving
digital presentationson 'Wild Flowers of Britain' to audiences in the UK. I
will check my images of UK members of this family and if anyexhibiting such
characteristics belong to genera or, ideally, species found in the Himalaya,
may post some.
Many people in the UK will "dismiss" or walk past plants belonging to
particular families or genera viewing them of rather 'weedyappearance' missing
genuine beauty if they examined them more closely.
I have been "Hit" by the additional detail my digital images bring when
examining UK plants closely in the past couple of years comparedwith what I had
seen with the naked eye and hand lens back in the 1980s when I worked for a
couple of years a field-surveyor of plants. Ialso notice the extra detail I can
see compared with the books published at that time containing photographs of
British Wild Flowers. Howfortunate we are nowadays.
On Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 7:47:05 AM UTC, JM Garg wrote:
Thanks, Chadwell ji.
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From: C CHADWELL <chrischa...@btinternet. com>
Date: 18 December 2016 at 12:45
Subject: Re: Fwd: Megacarpaea polyandra
To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>
Yes - again! See attached.
Best Wishes,
Chris Chadwell
81 Parlaunt Road
SLOUGH
SL3 8BE
UK
www.shpa.org.uk
From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]>
To: chrischa...@btinternet. com
Sent: Sunday, 18 December 2016, 7:08
Subject: Fwd: Megacarpaea polyandra
I think you missed the attachment.
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From: C CHADWELL <chrischa...@btinternet. com>
Date: 18 December 2016 at 11:45
Subject: Megacarpaea polyandra
To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>
Since we are looking at tall umbellifers at present incl. Angelicas, thought of
sharing this.
I attach a single image scanned in from a not especially good slide taken of a
plantin cultivation by Alastair McKelvie in the UK.
Looks like a first for eFI, so this is especially useful.
I have never 'encountered' Megacarpaea polyandra in the Himalaya myself.
Flowers of Himalaya says open slopes, light forests @ 3000-4300m from Kashmir
to C.Nepal.
Stewart recorded 2 species from N.Pakistan and Kashmir:
M.bifida - N.PakistanM.polyandra - Kashmir, where he said it was used for
greens; 3000-3900m. Records from Khelanmargand 'W.Tibet'.
M.polyandra is not mentioned in 'Plants of Gulmarg' Naqshi, Singh & Koul.
Has it been seen in Uttarakhand in recent years? It is given in a
Supplementary List of plants collected byHoldsworth in the 'Valley of Flowers'
and Upper Garwhal within the book 'The Valley of Flowers'.
Best Wishes,
Chris Chadwell
81 Parlaunt Road
SLOUGH
SL3 8BE
UK
www.shpa.org.uk
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