I do not understand why 'Tylophora barbata', a plant known only from a limited part of Australia has been suggested. A quick glance shows that of the images available on the internet (assuming they are correct and they probably are in this case - though *frequently are not*) do not come close to those photos taken by Dr Rawat. What herbarium specimens have been examined to conclude it belongs only to this genus? Please explain on what basis it only belongs to the genus *Tylophora*? Too much reliance is put on glancing at images on the internet. It really is important that the geographic and altitudinal distributions are considered when suggesting likely identifications. Most genera and individual species are variable.
Furthermore, it is often impossible to decide which genus or species a plant belongs to on the basis of a small number of photos only. I am raising really important issues which EFI needs to address. On Friday, October 20, 2017 at 2:33:15 PM UTC+1, D.S Rawat wrote: > This perennial climber was seen and photographed in our last trekking to > Ralam village in Uttarakhand. It was found distributed in temperate > broadleaf forests between 2200-2500m elevations. > > Please suggest the ID. > 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 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.
