On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 2:58:55 PM UTC+1, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > *Impatiens edgeworthii* Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 1:476. 1874 > Syn: *Impatiens* *chrysantha* Hook. f. > > Tall robust annual herb, up to 70 cm tall, branched, glabrous; leaves > concentrated towards top, large, 6-20 cm long, elliptic, long-acuminate, > crenate-serrate, serrations tipped with glandular bristles; flowers yellow, > streaked red in throat, 25-30 mm long, in subterminal racemes on up to 10 > cm long peduncle; pedicel 10-12 mm long; bracts broadly ovate, 2-3 mm long, > keeled; lateral sepals large, green, rounded3-5 mm long, apiculate, crested > in middle; lower sepal narrowly funnel-shaped, gradually narrowed into > 20-30 mm long recurved spur; upper petal orange, rounded with green crest, > bilobed at tip; lateral united petals with rounded wings, whitish towards > tip; capsule erect, linear, up to 2.5 cm long. >
> Common in forest areas in Kashmir and along streams. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > I am very glad to see that Indian botanists are becoming aware of Impatiens edgeworthii as a problem. Last year in Central Germany about 1 million of this species did grow in Central Germany, most of them in the Leinawald (Leina forest) near Altenburg. >From the beginning I was aware the descriptions of this species in the Flora of Pakistan and elsewhere did not agree with what we are seeing in Germany. I did publish on the ecology *http://www.v-weiss.de/Impatiens-edgeworthii.pdf* <http://www.v-weiss.de/Impatiens-edgeworthii.pdf> or *http://botanischer-verein-sachsen-anhalt.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Flo-Kart_2013_015-029_Weiss.pdf* <http://botanischer-verein-sachsen-anhalt.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Flo-Kart_2013_015-029_Weiss.pdf> and a monograph on Impatiens species in Central Europe, see *https://www.amazon.de/rote-Pest-gr%C3%BCner-Sicht-Natursch%C3%BCtzern/dp/370201506X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426256415&sr=1-1&keywords=Die+rote+Pest* <https://www.amazon.de/rote-Pest-gr%C3%BCner-Sicht-Natursch%C3%BCtzern/dp/370201506X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426256415&sr=1-1&keywords=Die+rote+Pest> I did upload a number of additional pictures of Impatiens edgeworthii from Germany to my twitter and facebook accounts. >From my point of view, to solve the riddle of this and related species finally, it would be necessary to make controlled experiments and crossings with seed from Kashmir and Germany. However, until now did find any partners for cooperation in India or Pakistan. 17.3 2019 *Dr. rer. nat. habil. Dr. phil. habil. Volkmar Weiss* Leipzig, Germany *www.v-weiss.de* <http://www.v-weiss.de/> , [email protected] -- 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.
