Thanks Tanay & Rashida ji for appreciation.
-- 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/ On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Rashida Atthar <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >> >> >
