OK Thanks Regards Taffazull On Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 5:41:54 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote:
> Does not matter much. Do not worry about that. > -- > With regards, > J. M. Garg > > On Sat, 14 Jan, 2023, 4:21 pm [email protected], <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear Garg ji, >> Thanks a lot for your kind encouragement. >> Regards >> Taffazull >> >> On Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 4:13:23 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: >> >>> Thanks a lot, Taffazull ji. >>> I hope somebody can shed more light on it. >>> All details are available at eFloraofIndia discussion post >>> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/XNgmai55Uao/m/8p1ruFTZAAAJ?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >>> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 at 15:56 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:439524] A Novel Member Of The Boraginaceae >>> Family From The Kashmir Valley >>> To: eFloraofIndia <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> Dear members, >>> >>> In late December I noticed an unusual weed growing in a field (34 / >>> 02/ 43 N , 74/ 48/30 E ) in Srinagar. I misidentified it and posted it on >>> efi website as stoneseed (*Lithospermum arvense*). Garg ji pointed >>> out that it was not* Lithospermum arvense* and suggested that it was >>> *N.edgeworthii*. As *N.edgeworthii * had never before been reported >>> from the Kashmir valley I carefully reexamined the herb and after >>> examining all the features have come to the conclusion that it is a novel >>> species of the Boraginaceae family which has never before been reported >>> from the Kashmir Valley. Indeed I suggested it could be named *Apononea >>> bagathii * (Apo is "away from" and Bagath is the locality where it was >>> found. The entire discussion can be viewed at: >>> https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/XNgmai55Uao/m/8p1ruFTZAAAJ?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer >>> >>> Although its habit very closely resembles *N.edgeworthii * and like >>> *N.edgeworthii >>> *its stamens are situated just below the throat in the corolla tube >>> attached with very short filaments and the style is very short and included >>> and the shape and morphology of its nutlets is very similar to that found >>> in the genus *Nonea* yet it differs in having a polysepalous calyx >>> while the calyx of the members of the genus *Nonea *Medik is >>> invariably gamosepalous. The presence of a polysepalous calyx leaves us no >>> option but to put it in a separate genus. Some other ways in which it >>> differs from *N.edgeworthii *are given below: >>> >>> 1. Nutlet does not have longitudinal denticulations >>> >>> 2.The bottom of the corolla tube is sinuous and not straight >>> >>> 3.It is not an annual as the plant which I transferred to a planter in >>> late December is still thriving and seems to enjoy the subzero temperatures >>> of( -5 C)-(-6 C) prevailing at present in Srinagar. This suggests that its >>> real habitat might be alpine. The hairs might be having some natural >>> antifreeze. >>> >>> 4. Its carrot like root also suggests that it might be a perennial. >>> >>> For the above reasons I am posting it as a new thread. Over the next few >>> days I will repost the photos and other data with this thread in which I >>> hope to include a short review of existing members of Boraginaceae reported >>> from the valley till now. >>> >>> As Avery said in a letter to his brother “It is a lot of fun to blow >>> bubbles but it is better to prick them yourself.” So I would request the >>> members to prick this bubble and suggest a plausible ID for this herb. >>> >>> With regards >>> >>> Taffazull >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 2 >>> >>> -- >>> 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/7512402f-c726-4603-bd93-074da7ec5cd2n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/7512402f-c726-4603-bd93-074da7ec5cd2n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/5fd92323-8706-4bf0-a564-b177bb1e9436n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/5fd92323-8706-4bf0-a564-b177bb1e9436n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. 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