Thanks a lot, Ashutosh ji. I will do the needful pl. -- With regards, J. M. Garg
On Tue, 12 Jan, 2021, 11:50 pm Ashutosh Sharma, < [email protected]> wrote: > Respected Garg ji, > > As per the latest publication by Dr. Rajib Gogoi et al. "Taxonomic > revision of Impatiens laxiflora Edgew. (Balsaminaceae) and its allied > species in India, Nepal, Bhutan & China " the long awaited mystery of > I.laxiflora Edgew. is finally solved... > > https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347936427_Taxonomic_revision_of_Impatiens_laxiflora_Edgew_Balsaminaceae_and_its_allied_species_in_India_Nepal_Bhutan_China > The paper is not open access so i have added some important points below - > The name I.leggei Pusalkar & D.K.Singh is conspecific with I.laxiflora > Edgew., the species have navicular lower sepal with straight spur and the > presence of reduced second pair of lateral sepals seen as minute corpuscles > at the base of dorsal petal which is important and unique feature of this > species so far not known in any other Western Himalayan balsam however it > is also seen in closely related I.sunkoshiensis S.Akiyama et al. and > I.desmantha Hook.f.(Synonyms -I.recticalcarata S.Akiyama) present in > Central and Eastern Himalaya. > > The description and distribution of I.leggei Pusalkar & D.K.Singh matches > with that of true I.laxiflora Edgew. including the presence of second pair > of reduced lateral sepals. So please correct the species name of I.leggei > page to I.laxiflora Edgew. with I.leggei and I.micranthemum Edgew. as its > synonyms. I.laxiflora Edgew. is a widely distributed species across > Himalaya known from Kashmir to Sikkim. > Although we have many images of this species on site still i have attached > two more images showing a pair of corpuscles, navicular lower sepal and > straight spur character of species. > Photographed at Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh in August 2018. > > With best regards > Ashutosh Sharma > > -- > 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/CADkfUKubt2rq-uYXCo1FtBwRe%3DKQGCDF%2B7pXqu-nK9tyc9d63A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CADkfUKubt2rq-uYXCo1FtBwRe%3DKQGCDF%2B7pXqu-nK9tyc9d63A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CA%2BiuSFC9Grt%2BEvfK5kEqsv%2BFMtBki7E61OcNhv0TJSx7Znou%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com.
