I love Primulas, I have special interest in them after Orchids. If sometime in life I get an opportunity, and situation is favorable, I would revise Primulas of India or may be guide some one for PhD on it. There is a lot of scope on this genus. Pankaj
On Dec 7, 2:08 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Pankaj ji > Pedicularis is a large genus with many species in Himalayas. Having gone to > Kashmir in June I could not pick any. Hope to visit Kashmir (and other > alpine areas in August) when one can find maximum number of species of > Pedicularis, Primula and Potentilla. > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > Not very often I differ from the views of Tabish sir, > > But this time I think the link provided by Dr. Gurcharan shows a plant > > on an authentic website. The corolla tube is smooth and glabrous > > unlike our plant and much longer than our plant. > > There is one more species recently erected called Pedicularis yaoshanensis. > > Have a look plz. > > Regards > > Pankaj > > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 1:40 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Tabish ji > > > P. siphonantha has much longer and slender corolla tube, beak spirally > > coild > > > or S shaped and leaves with 6-15 pairs of segments. > > >http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=52572&flora_id=2 > > > > -- > > > 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 Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 8:40 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Gurcharan ji, > > >> According to Polunin & Stainton, Pedicularis siphonantha is found in > > >> region from Uttarakhand to S. Tibet. However, I don't have much idea > > >> about Pedicularis punctata. > > >> - Tabish > > > >> On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 6:33 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >> > Thanks Tabish ji for prompting me for relook from 'Scrophulariaceae of > > >> > Western Himalayas'. I had initially provisionally identified it from > > >> > Flora > > >> > simlensis which lists only P. carnosa (now synonym of P. bifida) with > > >> > alternate leaves and pink flowers. > > >> > P. siphonantha according to Pennel does not grow in Western Himalayas > > >> > and > > >> > has much longer corolla tube (usually more than four times the calyx). > > >> > To me > > >> > the plant looks to be Pedicularis punctata Decne. (syn: P. siphonantha > > >> > var. > > >> > brevituba Prain) characterised by leaves with 4-6 pairs of pinnae, > > >> > flowers > > >> > pink, part of lower corolla lobes and galea white. > > > >> > -- > > >> > 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 Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> >> I think this is Pedicularis siphonantha > > >> >> http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=52572&flora_id=2 > > >> >> http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Tube%20Lousewort.html > > >> >> with a distinctive twisted nose. > > >> >> - Tabish > > > >> >> On Nov 20, 12:16 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) > > > >> >> > Herb25 I IMG_4756.jpg > > >> >> > 471KViewDownload > > > >> >> > Herb25 I2 IMG_4754.jpg > > >> >> > 211KViewDownload > > > >> >> > Herb25 I2 IMG_4756.jpg > > >> >> > 207KViewDownload > > > >> >> > Herb25 I IMG_4712.jpg > > >> >> > 181KViewDownload > > > >> >> > Herb25 I IMG_4754.jpg > > >> >> > 268KViewDownload > > > -- > > *********************************************** > > "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
