Gentiana crassuloides Bureau & Franch. ??
Thank you Saroj Kasaju On Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at 10:08:27 AM UTC+5:45 JM Garg wrote: > Thanks, Chadwell ji > > On 7 Dec 2016 2:38 am, "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Gentiana (and now related genera) is a difficult genus, as I have said >> previously. >> >> >> Distinguishing between G.carinata and similar species is complicated. >> What a pity that Gentian specialist Aitken at Edinburgh is no longer >> available to resolve such matters for us. >> >> Stewart (back in 1972) recorded G.carinata from 2400-3600m in Kashmir and >> var. intermedia Clarke from Sonamrag and Suru/Zanskar in Ladakh (also >> 2400-3600m). >> >> I have seen what MIGHT be G.carinata on many occasions in Kashmir. He >> observed that G.carinata proper was said to have fimbriae in the throat >> whilst the var. intermedia does not. Stansfield of Liverpool said >> G.carinata has versatile anthers whilst they are basifixed in G.coronata. >> Clearly, such characteristics cannot be observed in normal photos of >> gentians. >> >> Apparently, at Kew a great many specimens from Kashmir and adjacent areas >> are in a cover Gentiana coronata (D.Don ex Royle) DC. but Stewart did not >> consider them to match the plant figured by Royle. Burkill stated that the >> type was in too bad a condition for use. >> >> *Stewart found the G.marginata, G.carinata, G.coronata group very >> difficult and in his opinion needed more study.* >> >> *I cannot readily check if Aitken at Edinburgh had satisfactorily >> resolved such matters? I do not know if the characteristics 'Flowers of >> Himalaya' use to distinguish between G.carinata and G.marginata are >> authoritative?* >> >> *At some stage, I would like to take a serious look at Gentianaceae of NW >> Himalaya but this is quite a challenge and have yet to find the time to >> focus properly on the family. SO many other genera belonging to other >> families also urgently need attention (indeed revision). So many families >> and genera are poorly known in the Himalaya.* >> >> >> *Certainly more photos in good close-ups showing detail of the corolla, >> throat of flowers and calyx-lobes would help.* >> >> >> *Cannot comment further at this stage. * >> >> >> On Friday, June 17, 2011 at 7:32:56 AM UTC+1, raj wrote: >> >>> Dear Friends, >>> >>> Gentianaceae Sp for ID from Gulmarg, Kashmir >>> >>> -- >>> With Regards, >>> Narendra Joshi >>> >>> -- >> > 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. >> > -- 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/f2d7024b-769f-4b3c-ba2a-400d9a33d115n%40googlegroups.com.
