Being a taxonomist, when I get a plant in my hand, my first habit is to check the original protologue or illustration or herbarium. Rest of the floras are secondary for me as they always should be. The illustration on the protologue says it all. This should be Nardostachys jatamansi DC.Coll. Mém. vii. 4. t. 2 (1830). The illustration is "t. 2" from the above reference. I do see similar leaf with single mid rib in the illustration and it does seem shining to me.... But I am open for discussions, I may be wrong....but my intention was to encourage usage of original literatures. Pankaj
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Resurfacing again for ID > Earlier feedback > Pankaj ji.......................................Nardostachys jatamansi DC. > Coll. Mém. vii. 4. t. 2 (1830) > Me............................................The plant looks different from > Nardostachys jatamansii on two counts > The leaves are supposed to be broader, shining and latitudinally veined. > Here we can see a clear midrib > The flowers typically are reddish in colour. > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=45502&flora_id=110 > > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=91802&flora_id=800 > > I am not still able to place this plant > -- > 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/ .. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 9:33 AM > Subject: [efloraofindia:54122] Flora of Uttarakhand- Herb2 for Id- JM > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Wild Herb captured in 2nd week of August’10 during the trek from Ghangaria > to Hemkunt Sahib. > > -- > 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) > > > > x -- *********************************************** "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
