Jeanette Fryer has DETERMINED this as Cotoneaster nepalensis Andre - this is the same Series ACUMINATI as C.acuminatus but a separate species - the two taxa have been mixed-up in the past.
Fryer states in her book on Cotoneasters under C.acuminatus that several descriptions of C.acuminatus are unfortunately based on C.nepalensis. The two species can be separated on the basis that C.nepalensis has fertile shoots 15-35mm with 2-8 flowers, whereas those of C.acuminatus are mostly 10-20 mm, with single or paired flowers. According to the Cotoneaster book C.acuminatus is recorded from Nepal, Sikkim & Ladakh possible also Pakistan. I cannot but wonder about Sikkim and Ladakh as a distribution? The above image - there is only a single image with flowers not fully opened, no shots of undersides of leaves nor sterile shoots which makes it harder to reliably name - but clearly with more than 2 flowers. Cotoneaster nepalensis is recorded from H.P. and Uttaranachal. Please note that there is also C.parkeri, which is closely related to C.acuminatus. On Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 4:55:09 AM UTC+1, gurinder goraya wrote: > Dears, > > *Cotoneaster acuminatus*. Photographed from near Narkanda. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > Dr. G S Goraya, IFS > Deputy Director General (Research), > Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education, > New Forest P.O., Dehradun - 248006. > (Uttarakhand, India) > Tel. (+91-941-802-5036) > -- 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.
