Leaf reddening occurs due to high concrentration of anthocyanin pigments formed as a result of low temperature and high intensity of light. It is said that reddening the rate of photosynthesis hence helps the plant survive adverse condition. Pankaj
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji, Pankaj ji for the ID as well as the info. > regards > Prashant > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Sorry, missed.. >> >> stracheyi stands for Lt. Richard Strachey, 19th century official >> within the Indian Civil Service and plant collector in Tibet. He was a >> father of 13 by the way :). >> >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Bergenia stracheyi (Hook.f. & Thomson) Engl. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 26: >> > 842. 1868 >> > >> > Basionym: Saxifraga stracheyi Hook.f. & Thomson J. Proc. Linn. Soc., >> > Bot. 2: 61. 1857 >> > >> > Bergenia is named for Karl August von Bergen, 18th century German >> > physician and botanist. He is among those authors who wrote botanical >> > treatise before Linnaeus, Flora Francofurtana (1750). >> > >> > Regards >> > Pankaj >> > >> > >> > -- >> > *********************************************** >> > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >> > >> > >> > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> > Research Associate >> > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >> > Department of Habitat Ecology >> > Wildlife Institute of India >> > Post Box # 18 >> > Dehradun - 248001, India >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >> >> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> Research Associate >> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >> Department of Habitat Ecology >> Wildlife Institute of India >> Post Box # 18 >> Dehradun - 248001, India > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
