Yes I have checked. Thank you. Saroj Kasaju On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 at 9:10 pm, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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>. > > 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 > 2,50,000 images are directly displayed on 31.1.20). > > 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). 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