Thanks, Rawat ji for your wonderful exploration and new observations. On 28-Sep-2017 4:53 PM, "D.S Rawat" <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks to J.F. Duthie and other early plant collectors who collected plants from Ralam- Barjikang Pass area in Uttarakhand. They left this species *Saxifraga minutissima* D.S. Rawat (Saxifragaceae) for me to describe. In our recent trekking to Barjikang Pass (4650m) I was surprised to see this species growing with *Saxifraga stella-aurea*, *Gentiana infelix* etc. I collected it from Kedarnath area and described it as a new species based on its apetalous flowers and only 5 stamens in 2012. Till the recent collection I considered it as a point endemic restricted to a small area near Kedarnath. But it proved wrong and I found it here, nearly 125 km away (aerial distance) from its type locality. I wonder how it escaped of sharp eyes of J.F. Duthie; probably because of extremely small size (1-1.5cm only). Each exploration in highland of Himalaya has surprises. I feel embarrassed that how less I have explored. DSRawat Pantnagar ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ Dr D.S. Rawat Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, INDIA *eflorapantnagar* <https://sites.google.com/site/eflorapantnagar/home> displaying wild flora of Pantnagar -- 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 email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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.
