Thanks, Tabish ji. After going through details, I agree with you. On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 at 23:50, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote:
> Regarding the *Colquhounia coccinea* images posted on eFI, I think only > Saroj's > post from Nepal > <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/AvHncARlAP8?pli=1> is > *Colquhounia > coccinea.* All other images from West Himalaya belong to *Colquhounia > vestita. *The reason is as follows: > *Firstly*, *Colquhounia coccinea *is found from Nepal eastwards. It is > not found in West Himalaya, whereas *Colquhounia vestita *is found > throughout the Himalayas (according to POWO). > *Secondly*, the stem, branches and leaf undersides in *Colquhounia > vestita *are white-woolly, whereas they are not in *Colquhounia coccinea *(see > the key at FOC > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=107716>)*.* > This feature is quite visible in the images on eFI. > The confusion probably arose from Polunin & Stainton which mentions only > *Colquhounia > coccinea* and describes the distribution ranging from Uttarakhand, and > says the leaf undersides are white woolly. Mostly likely they erroneously > clubbed the two species into one. > Tabish > ------------------------------------------- > <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net > The waterhole of flower lovers > > -- > 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/CALTV20f4ySM7wPOan0SnL8%3DwjgcyFDxH2ry3J4YS2K_-8DRjgg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CALTV20f4ySM7wPOan0SnL8%3DwjgcyFDxH2ry3J4YS2K_-8DRjgg%40mail.gmail.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, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFDhLVR6ZQg_-bOFKxVqLV793mfbyqG2Nsmd4f4GU-j8Vg%40mail.gmail.com.
