Saxifraga very interestingly means, the rock breaker. moorcroftiana stands for William Moorcroft, 19th century British Explorer. Employed by the East India Company Moorcroft traveled extensively throughout the Himalayas, Tibet and Central Asia, eventually reaching Bukhara, in present day Uzbekistan.
regards Pankaj On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Saxifraga moorcroftiana Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 453. > > Type: Sine Collector, Sine date, sine number, Kamoon; Academy of > Natural Sciences (PH) Acc No. PH00022566 > > Regards > Pankaj > > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think Saxifraga moorcroftiana >> >> -- >> 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, Nov 14, 2010 at 5:21 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Attaching some better pictures. >>> >>> On 14 November 2010 09:30, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Wild Herb captured on 13/8/10 during the trek from Ghangaria (around >>>> 11,000 ft.) to Hemkunt Sahib (around 14000 ft.). >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 & >>>> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >>>> alphabetically & place-wise): >>>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them >>>> for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. >>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >>>> please visit/ join our Google e-group- >>>> Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than >>>> 1420 >>>> members & 52,000 messages on 26/10/10 & with a database of around 4200 >>>> species on 30/9/10) >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 & >>> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >>> alphabetically & place-wise): >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them >>> for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >>> please visit/ join our Google e-group- >>> Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1420 >>> members & 52,000 messages on 26/10/10 & with a database of around 4200 >>> species on 30/9/10) >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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
