A TOUGH genus! Very large and UNDER-REPRESENTED on eFI.
There are 8 species (or so) plus an unidentified one.
Dickore & Klimes list 29 + an unidentified species from Ladakh alone!
My preliminary check-list for Ladakh compiled in the 1980s had 32 species of
Astragalus.
Flowers of Himalaya estimated c. 36 spp. for this region.
Stewart recorded no fewer than 167 species for Pakistan & Kashmir - so it
isfair to say that the efI data-base has BARELY scratched the surface of
thisgenus in India!!
I do not have the time available to PROPERLY look into the species from Ladakh
ONLYat this time - which would take not just days but probably weeks non-stop.
As for Indiaas a whole, MONTHS - and that would NOT represent a proper revision.
Nevertheless, I do have images I can post of SOME (at least 5) not in the
data-base butNOT MUCH MORE.
It is a pity that those with specialist knowledge of this genus in India have
not contributed to eFI.
Such a large and difficult genus REQUIRES input from specialists to enable
MEANINGFUL coverage.
One has to be REALISTIC as what can be done at any given time.
Best Wishes,
Chris Chadwell
81 Parlaunt Road
SLOUGH
SL3 8BE
UK
www.shpa.org.uk
From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]>
To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, 4 February 2017, 8:39
Subject: Astragalus (Fabaceae (Leguminosae)) page with images of
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