Thanks dear Ashutosh Sharma ji and Wojciech Adamowski ji. I am also bringing into loop Nidhan ji, Balkar ji and Anil Thakur ji who have good knowledge about the flora of the region. Sorry but I won't stop at that. The main reason why wrote three main posts "Sorting our Impatiens edgeworthii/scabrida/tricornis" was the most important key character in BSI Flora of India, Vol 4 page 106 "basal lobe of wings produced upwards anteriorly into decurved lobule" which separates I. edgeworthii from at least 50 next species in the key including I. scabrida (I. tricornis not established then 1997, only emrged in 2016). These lobules are very clearly seen in my images already on Flowers of India, our database and fresh post yesterday. These are clearly absent in two species I. scabrida and I. tricornis I uploaded yesterday. I must say these lobules are very clearly seen in population uploaded by me from Nohradhar, and we can't simply dismiss this as variation of tricornis. I don't say it is I. edgeworthii, but can safely say that it keys out along with I. edgeworthii (in key of BSI Flora of India). Who knows it may turn out to be a new species, which our active researches can work on. A fresh trip to Nohradhar in June may give us chance to locate and study this population in detail.
Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Mob: 9810359089 https://sing96.wixsite.com/mysite-1 On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 10:21 PM Wojciech Adamowski <[email protected]> wrote: > > I agree with Ashutosh Sharma > Wojciech > W piątek, 21 lutego 2020, 15:54:45 CET, Ashutosh Sharma < > [email protected]> napisał(-a): > > > Respected Gurcharan Singh sir, > > This is surely from Impatiens scabrida complex and will say Impatiens > tricornis for now. > > See the plant is much hairy with pubescent lateral sepals also upper lobe > of lateral united petal is much wider and there is no streaked red color in > throat only rusty spots are present. > > As this plant is photographed much earlier flowering in May at higher > altitude near 2000metres so this is likely some variation because it is > flowering much before monsoon rains and in cooler temperatures so plant > growth also remain stunted. I have seen such variations in some other > Himalayan Balsams also... > > Best regards > Ashutosh Sharma > > On Fri 21 Feb, 2020, 6:29 PM Gurcharan Singh, <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is really interesting flower colour, lower sepal tube and hairiness > suggesting I. tricornis but two prominent lobules suggest I. edgeworthii, > the plant barely few cm tall is much more hispid than all my populations, > Near Nohradhar, Himachal Pradesh, alt 2000 m, May 25, 2015. > > > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Mob: 9810359089 > https://sing96.wixsite.com/mysite-1 > > -- 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/CAHiXKpWBWPHTHWx7_k%2BQA%2BsGxKP%3DUfU9nqo%3DFMRuVp4VqgyxrA%40mail.gmail.com.
