Already there at Saxifraga poluniniana <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/saxifragaceae/saxifraga/saxifraga-poluniniana>
On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 at 21:56, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: > *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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- 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>. 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