moorcroftiana from Moorcroft, an important collector.
-- 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 Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 9:47 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > A query: > "is it moorcroftiana or microftiana or macroftiana???????? > madhuri" > > On 2 October 2010 11:44, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl. >> >> Earlier relevant feedback: >> >> “I beleive this is *Salvia moorcroftiana >> *Tanay” >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> Date: 23 August 2010 08:23 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:45179] Salvia-moorcroftiana-macrosiphon-sclarea >> from Kashmir: two plants and three species >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, Flowers of India < >> [email protected]> >> >> >> Having photographed this plant from Pampore Karewas on June 20, 2010, I >> was happy that I have photographed my most familiar Salvia, S. moorcroftiana >> a very common plant in the valley, but when I discovered and photographed >> another plant from Baramula on June 24 with white flowers and sat with my >> books and internet, I realised that there is much more than just difference >> in flower colour. Three closely related species S. moorcroftiana, S. sclarea >> (S. asperata of Hook.f.) and S. macrosiphon are reported from Kashmir. The >> leaves of this plant are much narrower, almost elliptic oblong, scarcely >> broader than 12 cm, but the corolla tube is much longer than calyx, the >> bracts below the flower cluster is more or less transparent like S. sclarea. >> Kindly help in decision. Similar plant is displayed at FOI as S. lanata, but >> that is a much smaller plant with much smaller leaves, scarcely broader than >> 3 cm. >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg ([email protected]) >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*of >> Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg >> For identification, learning & discussion about Indian Flora, please >> visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1375 members & >> 48,500 messages on 25/9/10 & with a database of around 4000 species) >> >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*of > Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For identification, learning & discussion about Indian Flora, please visit/ > join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1375 members & > 48,500 messages on 25/9/10 & with a database of around 4000 species) > >
