OK! Please see this also ! https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F3%2F39%2FVaccinium_griffithii_%252813985125886%2529.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fspecies.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FVaccinium_griffithianum&tbnid=w8Er8GPxP4m1SM&vet=12ahUKEwjgsoGotPblAhULh48KHVCYAyUQMygAegQIARAr..i&docid=KE0Mtfu-HZDD1M&w=2448&h=3264&q=Vaccinium%20griffithianum%20&hl=en-GB&ved=2ahUKEwjgsoGotPblAhULh48KHVCYAyUQMygAegQIARAr
Thank you. Saroj Kasaju On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 at 7:07 pm, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Saroj, > I also initially thought so, and that's why sent an email to the > author. However, if you look at the flowers visible in the image F, they > are so tiny compared to the leaves. The earth com image > <https://www.earth.com/earthpedia/plant/zh-CN/vaccinium-exaristatum/> > also shows a similar size of the leaves compared to the flowers. In my > plant, as you can see, the leaves are not so large compared to the flowers. > Also, the leaflike bracts with each flower, that are visible in my images, > are visible the same way in sketches at > > plantillustrations > <http://plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=130284&SID=0&mobile=0&code_category_taxon=9&size=1> > . For *Vaccinium exaristatum* it is mentioned that the bracts fall off - so > I presumed that maybe in > my plant they have not fallen off yet. Flower color in *Vaccinium > exaristatum* is mentioned to be pink, but of course that > cannot be taken to be hard and fast. Overall I find the agreement with > Vaccinium griffithianum very satisfying, both with > the sketches and also with the description in Flora of British India III, > page 454. > > > Tabish > > ------------------------------------------- > <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net > The waterhole of flower lovers > > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 4:03 PM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I don't think it matches with Vaccinium griffithianum rather your 1st >> image >> looks matching with image F of page no. 3459 of enclosed journal >> >> Thank you. >> >> Saroj Kasaju >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 3:27 PM Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I think we all missed* Vaccinium griffithianum* because it is not >>> listed on efloras.org. >>> It reemphasizes the need for an up to date online Flora of India. >>> Tabish >>> ------------------------------------------- >>> <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net >>> The waterhole of flower lovers >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 2:31 PM Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I had sent the images of my plant to Dr. S. Panda, author of the paper >>>> I had just mentioned >>>> <https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/847>. I >>>> received his response just now: >>>> ------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> From: Subhasis Panda <****[email protected]> >>>> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 14:04:41 +0530 >>>> >>>> Thank you sir for your mail >>>> Images sent by you belong to >>>> Vaccinium griffithianum >>>> ------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> I must say that looking at the sketches here >>>> <http://plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=130284&SID=0&mobile=0&code_category_taxon=9&size=1> >>>> and here >>>> <http://plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=227950&SID=0&mobile=0&code_category_taxon=9&size=1>, >>>> I find the agreement to be very good, >>>> especially the leaf size and the arrangement of the leaves! >>>> >>>> Tabish >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------- >>>> <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net >>>> The waterhole of flower lovers >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 11:02 AM Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Saroj! >>>>> *Vaccinium exaristatum *does seem very close to to my plant. The >>>>> description of the leaves at FOC agrees well, elliptic, with 4-5 pairs of >>>>> veins, and toothed margin. Triangular sepals, erect or curled-back, >>>>> triangular flower lobes also agree. The flowers of my plant also appear to >>>>> agree with the images at earth.com and plantillustrations. Altitude >>>>> agrees too. To me it looks like Saroj has nailed it! >>>>> Tabish >>>>> ------------------------------------------- >>>>> <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net >>>>> The waterhole of flower lovers >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 9:05 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Vaccinium exaristatum Kurz ?? >>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>> Saroj Kasaju >>>>>> >>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>>>>> From: Tabish <[email protected]> >>>>>> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 at 11:55 >>>>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:297697] Himalayan plant from Manipur - TQ-mu02 >>>>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Unidentified plant from Shirui hill, Ukhrul, Manipur. Altitude >>>>>> 1500-2500 m. >>>>>> Found blooming in early June. >>>>>> Looks like a shrub. My guess is Vaccinium spp., but that's just a >>>>>> guess. >>>>>> Please identify >>>>>> Tabish >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >>>>>> Efloraofindia >>>>>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a >>>>>> species database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which >>>>>> more than 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). >>>>>> >>>>>> 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'. >>>>>> >>>>> -- Thank you. Saroj Kasaju -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAEf%3DytS4wAFM0QvykxxHDJCZmEYjhOWyUGLWf5kCPkzMQXOUvQ%40mail.gmail.com.
