I imagine why you tend to overlook the PROTOLOGUE and TYPES !! The sketch in the type very well matches with the plant.
Pankaj On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > A few things to note as amply focussed by Pennel and Tibetan Medicinal > Plants > Basal portion of galea as long as corolla tube (1/2 as long in P. > pyramidata) > Inflorescence is shorter with few fascicles (very dense and up to 1 ft long > in P. pyramidata as per FBI) > Bracts don't conceal calyx (bracts are hairy and hide calyx according to > Polunin) > > Agreed the two species are very closely related, on the basis of above > observations I would go with P. pectinata. > > > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Dear Garg sir, >> Here is a image for your to rethink. The plant is on the left hand side. >> Forget about the range of the species while rethinking. If a plant can >> be found in Himachal then it can be found in Uttarakhand too as there >> is not much distance. >> >> 1. Stem hairy. >> 2. Mid lobe of lip is much bigger than side lobes. >> 3. Stamens, if i am not wrong, its visible and seems to be inserted >> above middle. >> >> I may be wrong though. >> >> Regards >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 6:14 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Thanks, Pankaj ji & Tanay ji. >> > >> > I think it may be Pedicularis pectinata as per details in Concise >> > Flowers of >> > Himalayas by Oleg Polunin & Adam Stainton as though Pedicularis >> > pyramidata >> > is similar, it is out of range. >> > >> > On 26 November 2010 09:20, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> I also think Pedicularis pyramidata not very sure >> >> Tanay >> >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> could this be Pedicularis pyramidata.... >> >>> >> >>> Pankaj >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 6:22 PM, 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) >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> *********************************************** >> >>> "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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Tanay Bose >> >> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. >> >> Department of Botany. >> >> University of British Columbia . >> >> 3529-6270 University Blvd. >> >> Vancouver, B.C. 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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 >> > 1460 >> > members & 55,000 messages on 29/11/10 & with a database of around 4300 >> > species on 31/10/10) >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "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 > > > > -- > 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/ > > -- *********************************************** "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
