Where is photograph, Garg Ji ? Regards On Thursday, 15 December 2016 at 08:12:01 UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote:
> Thanks, Chadwell ji > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "C CHADWELL" <[email protected]> > Date: 15 Dec 2016 1:00 am > Subject: Colutea nepalensis - a new genus and species for eFI > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > Cc: > > Looks like I am becoming a botanical 'twitcher'. Perhaps Mr Garg > can keep track of the number of NEW entries Dr Singh and I each make every > month > plus any other 'challengers'! > > Not sure if the terminology 'birder' and 'twitcher' have been adopted in > Indian ornithology? > > These are the first quality images I have seen of this species Colutea > nepalensis, which > is not something I have come across in the wild. There are records for > Ladakh > by Dickore & Klimes but not Stewart who knew it in Kurram, Astor, > Chitral though > at only @ 1500-2400m, which is a problem because, as far as I know, the > lowest > part of Ladakh is c. 2700m. > > There are several Coluteas in Pakistan such as C.armata found in Juniper > tracts in Baluchistan. > > See: > http://photos.v-d-brink.eu/Flora-and-Fauna/Asia/Pakistan-new/i-PC7fDff > and following 3 images incl. pods. > > Marijn photographed his plants at a higher elevation than Stewart records > and he had no records > for Baltistan or Ladakh. > > Flowers of Himalaya, understandably does not cover this species, just > C.multiflora from > Central & East Nepal. All Coluteas have inflated, bladder-like, papery > fruits. > > The genus is commonly known as 'Bladder Senna'. > > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > -- 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/3c171f5b-85cb-4975-bf8d-11acbf7ec397n%40googlegroups.com.
