Thankyou Sir for these pictures of this species and all the interesting information and further links.
regards, Rashida. On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 10:39 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > quite an interesting plant > tanay > > On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Tragopogon kashmirianus G. Singh from Kashmir, a species that I had >> described in 1976 (Forest Flora of Srinagar p. 123, fig. 4), an >> allotetraploid species. Photographed from hill above Cheshmashahi on June >> 26, 2010. The species is characterised among other things by ray florets >> with purple striated yellow corolla. The flowers open in the morning and >> close at noon,and as such I could not catch an open head. I have as such >> split a closed head to show the corolla. Details are available on: >> >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/gsnomen.html#New Species >> described<http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/gsnomen.html#New+Species+described> >> >> >> <http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/gsnomen.html#New+Species+described>Recently >> important molecular research was done on this species and results published >> in 2008: >> >> Molecular data reveal that the tetraploid *Tragopogon >> kashmirianus*(Asteraceae: >> Lactuceae) is distinct from the North American *T. mirus* >> * Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society >> >> Volume 158, Issue 3, >> <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/boj.2008.158.issue-3/issuetoc>pages >> 391–398, November 2008 >> >> >> The paper is available on-line >> >> >> >> >> http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00900.x/abstract >> >> >> * >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> > > > -- > Tanay Bose > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant > Department of Botany > University of British Columbia > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 > >
