Superb photographs .  Awesome upload !

On Monday, January 25, 2021 at 10:00:06 PM UTC+5:30 Saroj Kumar Kasaju 
wrote:

> Forwarding Ephedra intermedia for FoI !
> Thank you.
>
> Saroj Kasaju
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 6:11 PM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Deare Tabish,
>> Ok. I just noticed this has been listed in efi  site.
>>
>> Thank you Mr. Garg !
>>
>> Saroj Kasaju
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 6:08 PM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> Saroj Kasaju
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 6:07 PM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Some more images from net for verification !
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> Saroj Kasaju
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 2:21 PM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Mr. Garg / Tabish,
>>>>>
>>>>> Any opinion from your side?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Saroj Kasaju
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 5:18 PM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Request for ID validation !
>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Saroj Kasaju
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 11:48 AM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Comparing the images from the book from Flora of Ladakh  I guess it 
>>>>>>> matches more with Ephedra intermedia Schrenk & C.A.Mey.
>>>>>>> Your opinion pleaes.
>>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>> Saroj Kasaju
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 at 11:51 pm, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear Tabish,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For inclusion in the FoI.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Saroj Kasaju
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Forwarded conversation
>>>>>>>> Subject: Ephedra pachyclada Boiss. ???
>>>>>>>> ------------------------
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> From: Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> Date: Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 11:04 PM
>>>>>>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, "J.M. Garg" <
>>>>>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear Members,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sharing some pictures I guess ia *Ephedra pachyclada* Boiss. shot 
>>>>>>>> at Leh on 22 August 2016.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't think it matches with Ephedra gerardiana  
>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Saroj Kasaju
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ----------
>>>>>>>> From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> Date: Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 9:31 AM
>>>>>>>> To: Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> Date: 1 October 2016 at 00:33
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Ephedra pachyclada Boiss. ???
>>>>>>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> Cc: [email protected]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ephedra identification is often challenging - especially as most of 
>>>>>>>> the specimens encountered have no flowers or fruit.  The joint-pines 
>>>>>>>> are 
>>>>>>>> adapted to
>>>>>>>> the low-rainfall of Tibetan borderlands. The leaves are reduced to 
>>>>>>>> scales on the stems (helping reduce the loss of water through 
>>>>>>>> transpiration), which are green for photosynthesis.  
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *E.geradiana* is understood to be the common, widespread species 
>>>>>>>> along the Himalaya (or more accurately, along the borderlands of 
>>>>>>>> Tibet).  I 
>>>>>>>> agree that the images
>>>>>>>> do not match *E.geradiana*.  3 species are recorded from Ladakh: 
>>>>>>>> *E.geradiana*, *E.intermedia* and *E.regelii* according to Dickore 
>>>>>>>> & Klimes.  Stewart records all three.  As for *E.pachyclada*, he 
>>>>>>>> states that Riedl. does not report this from Pakistan or Kashmir.  
>>>>>>>> However, 
>>>>>>>> Kitamura reported it from the Chaman Pass on the Baluchistan-Afghan 
>>>>>>>> border.  Boiss. reported it from "W.Tibet", probably Ladakh.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I consider the range of the species is poorly known.  Fortunately, 
>>>>>>>> I have a much better (but far from perfect) idea about the three main 
>>>>>>>> species in Ladakh than I did just a few months ago but still consider 
>>>>>>>> myself a novice with Ephedras.   The images are not of *E.regelii*.  
>>>>>>>> I currently think they most likely are within *E.intermedia* but 
>>>>>>>> will consider *E.pachyclada*.   Can anyone say with confidence 
>>>>>>>> which species and how one differentiates between E.intermedia and 
>>>>>>>> E.pachyclada?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> efloraofPakistan for Ephedra: 
>>>>>>>> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=111784  
>>>>>>>> But how reliable is this key?   Cannot make out any wart-like 
>>>>>>>> projections 
>>>>>>>> on the stems in the close-up image but cannot see the characteristics 
>>>>>>>> describe for E.pachyclada either..... 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>> 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- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or 
>>>>>>>> Efloraofindia 
>>>>>>>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a 
>>>>>>>> species database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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). You can also use them for 
>>>>>>>> free 
>>>>>>>> as per Creative Commons license attached with each image.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds 
>>>>>>>> of India'. 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ----------
>>>>>>>> From: Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 9:30 PM
>>>>>>>> To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>, C CHADWELL <
>>>>>>>> [email protected]>, Flowers of India <[email protected]>, 
>>>>>>>> Tabish Qureshi <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Need expert help for final validation of ID.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> CC: FoI
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ----------
>>>>>>>> From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> Date: Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 4:43 PM
>>>>>>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> Cc: Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]>, [email protected]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Some earlier relevant feedback:
>>>>>>>> Ephedra identification is often challenging - especially as most of 
>>>>>>>> the specimens encountered have no flowers or fruit.  The joint-pines 
>>>>>>>> are 
>>>>>>>> adapted to the low-rainfall of Tibetan borderlands. The leaves are 
>>>>>>>> reduced 
>>>>>>>> to scales on the stems (helping reduce the loss of water through 
>>>>>>>> transpiration), which are green for photosynthesis.  
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *E.geradiana* is understood to be the common, widespread species 
>>>>>>>> along the Himalaya (or more accurately, along the borderlands of 
>>>>>>>> Tibet).  I 
>>>>>>>> agree that the images do not match *E.geradiana*.  3 species are 
>>>>>>>> recorded from Ladakh: *E.geradiana*, *E.intermedia* and *E.regelii* 
>>>>>>>> according to Dickore & Klimes.  Stewart records all three.  As for 
>>>>>>>> *E.pachyclada*, he states that Riedl. does not report this from 
>>>>>>>> Pakistan or Kashmir.  However, Kitamura reported it from the Chaman 
>>>>>>>> Pass on 
>>>>>>>> the Baluchistan-Afghan border.  Boiss. reported it from "W.Tibet", 
>>>>>>>> probably 
>>>>>>>> Ladakh.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I consider the range of the species is poorly known.  Fortunately, 
>>>>>>>> I have a much better (but far from perfect) idea about the three main 
>>>>>>>> species in Ladakh than I did just a few months ago but still consider 
>>>>>>>> myself a novice with Ephedras.   The images are not of *E.regelii*.  
>>>>>>>> I currently think they most likely are within *E.intermedia* but 
>>>>>>>> will consider *E.pachyclada*.   Can anyone say with confidence 
>>>>>>>> which species and how one differentiates between E.intermedia and 
>>>>>>>> E.pachyclada?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> efloraofPakistan for Ephedra: 
>>>>>>>> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=111784  
>>>>>>>> But how reliable is this key?   Cannot make out any wart-like 
>>>>>>>> projections 
>>>>>>>> on the stems in the close-up image but cannot see the characteristics 
>>>>>>>> describe for E.pachyclada either.....   
>>>>>>>> - 
>>>>>>>> from Chris Chadwell ji.                                        
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>> 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- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or 
>>>>>>>> Efloraofindia 
>>>>>>>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a 
>>>>>>>> species database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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). You can also use them for 
>>>>>>>> free 
>>>>>>>> as per Creative Commons license attached with each image.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds 
>>>>>>>> of India'. 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ----------
>>>>>>>> From: Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> Date: Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 9:53 PM
>>>>>>>> To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>, Tabish <[email protected]>, "
>>>>>>>> [email protected]" <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> Cc: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, C CHADWELL <
>>>>>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ID pending!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Saroj Kasaju
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Saroj Kasaju
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>

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