Thanks, Randy ji. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Randy Kuiper Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 at 16:35 Subject: Tree species Albizia To: <[email protected]>
Hello, Firstly, sorry to message out of the blue and I'm sorry to bother you also. I got your email address via EfloraofIndia. Hopefully, you are doing well. I am busy with research regarding *Albizia* species. I am collecting *Albizia kalkora* seeds from different localities for conservation matters. In short, this species is being overwhelmed by the more vigorous *A. julibrissin *and outcrossing with *kalkora*, the hybrids are fertile and outcross also. (The invasiveness of *julibrissin* is rampant in the USA). Especially isolated places like Japan and Korea are at risk of eventually losing this species due to genetic dilution. I am setting up an insurance colony for these localities, I got some from mainland China, Hopefully in November from Japan. I am also busy with Korea but that one is especially hard but the most isolated and endangered. I am planning to DNA test for any genetic differences in the Bio-Informatica lab at Groningen, The Netherlands, I live here also. Besides that, I want to test the relationship between *A. kalkora(and hybrids, we have 3 hybrids of julibrissinXkalkora), julibrissin*, *A. lebbeck(, *and hopefully A. sherriffii as well with some help)*.* Now I stumbled across *Albizia* *sherriffii* Baker f. (syn. *Albizia vernayana *Merr.). From the research I did, it looks like its spread(Sikkim, India-Tibet-Bhutan?) is pretty isolated because of the mountain ranges. I suggest this species could encounter the same problems as *A. kalkora*, with *A. kalkora* and *A. julibrissin* being just as hardy it could infiltrate *A. sherriffii* its habitat and most likely outcross also.* A. julibrissin* is planted a lot for its tea properties and esthetics. It would be safe from the vigorous *A. lebbeck* because *lebbeck* is not tolerant of cold. There is a lot unknown about both species *A. kalkora a*nd *A. sherriffii *and I would love to put sherriffii in the same test as well, to see how they all fit together, it is a pretty interesting species because it has some similarities with *julibrissin* as well. Also, because I am setting up an insurance colony for *A. kalkora* localities I would also like to do this for *A. sherriffii *as well. Hopefully, you could offer me a helping hand. Any help is appreciated. Maybe you know something of the tree yourself, or have close contact with it, or have some contact of a botanical institute for me? (maybe an Index Seminum?) Hopefully, with your network you could help me further, it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much for taking the time to read this email. Sincerely Randy -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- 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%2BiuSFC_fAhP8wnuG%3DOK-vKtQtBhsg%3DkePbjqYWHVAiFgG4XDA%40mail.gmail.com.
