*Saxifraga poluninana* H. Sm. is not included in the listing ! Thank you. Saroj Kasaju
On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 10:01 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Chadwell ji, for additional inputs. > > On 8 Mar 2017 8:07 p.m., "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I am pleased to have another person contributing about identification of >> Himalayan plants but do not have sufficient >> knowledge of the Saxifraga genus in Nepal to confirm Tim's name. It may >> well be correct, just that I am not in a position to agree or not. Always >> best to express a degree of caution when one is uncertain, as far as plant >> identification is concerned - which applies to me in this case. >> >> I am not a Saxifraga specialist but have started to taking an interest in >> the species of this genus found in the NW Himalaya (by this I primarily >> mean those recorded from Kashmir & Himachal Pradesh). The only 'Kabschia' >> (those with lime-encrusted leaves) species known from the NW of the >> Himalaya is S.pulvinaria - according to the records I currently have. >> >> My understanding is that what was known as the 'Kabschia' Saxifrages >> present challenges identification-wise. I was sent, some 20 years ago, >> some notes of Saxifrages observed at high-altitudes in the Mustang district >> of Nepal, including hybrids. I shall look these out and summarise the >> findings at some point - as they will help improve our understanding. >> >> According to 'Flowers of the Himalaya', Saxifraga andersonii is common in >> the drier areas of W.Nepal, recorded from W.Nepal to SE Tibet on stony >> slopes & amongst rocks @ 3600-5200m. This is what I assumed I saw below >> the Dhaulagiri ice-falls during my first visit to Nepal in 1990. *But >> one needs to recognise that 'Flowers of the Himalaya' only covers a >> fraction of the total flora of the Himalaya with space permitting only very >> brief, summarised descriptions, which are of limited value.* >> >> 'Flowers of the Himalaya' describes S.poluninana* as rather lax, >> mat-forming with solitary short-stalked white flowers often pink-flushed in >> the sun, on rocks in W & C. Nepal @ 3300-3500. Its inclusion by Polunin & >> Stainton implies it should be quite common at such elevations in these >> habitats in Central & W.Nepal. Thus the record from Dhumba Lake is >> significantly lower than previously known. *Presumably this was named in >> honour of Oleg Polunin, co-author of 'Flowers of the Himalaya'. The TYPE >> specimen was collected during the 1952 Polunin, Sykes & Williams Expedition >> to Nepal. >> >> I certainly feel 'Kabschias' (in addition to S.pulvinaria) should be >> looked out for in Uttarakhand. Perhaps some have already been recorded >> there in recent decades? >> >> I shall be posting a couple of images of what was labelled as Saxifraga >> poluniniana at a specialist horticultural society show in the UK some 30 >> years ago - whether it really was this species, is quite another matter. >> Many crosses have been made amongst 'Kabschia' Saxifrages, making it very >> difficult to differentiate between them in cultivation. >> >> As for the suggestion of S.hypostoma, according to 'Enumeration of the >> Flowering Plants of Nepal' this had only been recorded between 4300-5200m >> (West & Central Nepal). Perhaps more recent records exist beyond this >> altitudinal range. >> >> >> >> On Monday, August 1, 2016 at 7:48:20 PM UTC+1, Saroj Kumar Kasaju wrote: >> >>> Dear Mr. Garg, >>> >>> Enclosing some pictures for ID verification please. >>> >>> Pictures were shot at Dhumba Lake Jomsom Nepal at 8900 ft on 22 April >>> 2013 >>> >>> 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%3DytRE3WEnOEY8d%3D247ssFsqT9pxMVWB%2BoLZ5Fn1ttof2uWA%40mail.gmail.com.
