Thanks, Chadwell ji. Pl. the following links on Flora of China <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022861> for Campanula cana: http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=104629&flora_id=800 http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=104630&flora_id=800 http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=104631&flora_id=800 http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=104632&flora_id=800 http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=104633&flora_id=800";
I am unable to related your posted image with the herbarium specimen for which you have given the links. On 18 February 2017 at 08:51, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot, Chadwell ji. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: C CHADWELL <[email protected]> > Date: 17 February 2017 at 23:18 > Subject: Campanula cana - the true species in H.P. > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > > > Sorry but the entries under C.cana in eFI at present do NOT match my > understanding of > that species. > > Stewart does not include it in his Catalogue nor is it mentioned in > Campanulaceae for Pakistan. > > Back in 1989 a colleague of mind found a Campanula near the bottom of the > Rohtang Pass. He > initially assumed it was Campanula cashmeriana but having seen this > species in Kashmir, it was > clear to me that they did not match. I have some images of this in > cultivation which I plan to post > at some point. > > After some time I reached the conclusion that the plant in the upper Kulu > Valley was C.cana - even > though it had not been recorded previously West of what was Kumaon. > > There has been much confusion about the smaller-flowered Campanulas in the > Himalaya. Flora > Simlensis included Campanula canescens (which Stewart gave as a synonym of > C.benthamii) and > C.cana under C.colorata - which is now a synonym of C.pallida. > > See: http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000814540 for > a herbarium specimen > at Kew - although low resolution, you can clearly see differences with the > specimens named C.cana on eFI. > > See: http://elmer.rbge.org.uk/bgbase/vherb/bgbasevherb.php?cfg= > bgbase/vherb/zoom.cfg&filename=E00275060.zip&queryRow=3 > > for a high resolution image which one can zoom into. > > However, it seems to me that not all specimens at Edinburgh match well > with my understanding of this species - > nor do some of the images available on the internet. > > All this requires further study. > > Hopefully the additional images I will post shall provide supporting > evidence for my thinking. > > > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > > > > -- > 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). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- 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.
