Thanks, Tabish ji. Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), NW-India, Nepal is the distribution as per Catalogue of Life <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/e1afc54fbacdc355b749c9f05533fe91> ; Images of Euphrasia himalayica in FOI <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Eyebright.html> looks different from specimen available of this species at at GBIF <https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1097983028> (Specimens) Gbif High resolution image 1 <https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fhuhwebimages%2F111889A5B2054CC%2Ftype%2Ffull%2F78388.jpg> Gbif High resolution image 2 <https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/http%3A%2F%2Fsweetgum.nybg.org%2Fimages3%2F538%2F462%2F00068401.jpg> These specimens are closer to images at *Euphrasia himalayica* Wettst. <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/o/orobanchaceae/euphrasia/euphrasia-himalayica>
Your Ladakh images definitely is from some other species than those available in efi site. On 2 September 2018 at 12:31, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Garg ji, > This is a difficult one. According to Pennell 1943, *Euphrasia > platyphylla* is found in Kashmir & Lahaul. Uttarakhand is not mentioned. > We have seen it growing only in moist place, so my own thinking is that it > is not seen in Ladakh, which is between Kashmir and Lahaul. > *Euphrasia himalayica* is found in Uttarakhand, among other places. > So, my guess is that the Euphrasia found in the Valley of Flowers, which > well cataloged at EFI, should be *Euphrasia himalayica*. I am unable to > point out botanical characteristics confidently to support this claim, > except for the coarse triangular teeth of bracts. > I am also presenting here some Euphrasia images from Lahaul, taken by > myself and Girija. As you can see, its bracts are different from the images > of Euphrasia from VOF. Also the markings on the upper lip of the flowers > are different. Notice that the mid-lobe of the lower lip is somewhat > longer. My thinking is that it is a plant different from the Euphrasia > found in VOF. > Any thoughts on this will be welcome. > Tabish > ------------------------------------------- > <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net > The waterhole of flower lovers > > > On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 6:17 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> To me Images of Euphrasia himalayica in FOI >> <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Eyebright.html> looks more >> closer to images and references at *Euphrasia platyphylla* Pennell >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/o/orobanchaceae/euphrasia/euphrasia-platyphylla-1> >> rather >> than those at *Euphrasia himalayica* Wettst. >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/o/orobanchaceae/euphrasia/euphrasia-himalayica> >> Pl. see GBIF <https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1097983028> (Specimens) Gbif >> High resolution image 1 >> <https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fhuhwebimages%2F111889A5B2054CC%2Ftype%2Ffull%2F78388.jpg> >> Gbif High resolution image 2 >> <https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/http%3A%2F%2Fsweetgum.nybg.org%2Fimages3%2F538%2F462%2F00068401.jpg> >> -- >> 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- more than 2975 members & 3,00,000 messages on 25.7.18) or >> Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which 1,00,000 >> are directly displayed). >> >> 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- more than 2975 members & 3,00,000 messages on 25.7.18) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which 1,00,000 are directly displayed). 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.
