A reply:
"Silene indica is very confusing plant which looks like S. setisperma.I
also confused when i collected it from the way to Chor.But thanks to
Gurcharan sir and put it on the site of Flowersof India.The comments by Sir
Gurcharan is abosolutely correct.
Yours,
Krishan
Lal"
On 6 May 2012 15:44, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote:
> **
> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.
>
> Some earlier relevant feedback:
>
> “Alok ji I fear your plant *may not be Silene setisperma*, and same is
> also true of Flowers of India
>
>
> The whole problem seems to arise from the fact that flowers of Himalayas
> Plate 18 has only swollen calyx and no petals visible, and it does not list
> Silene indica. Your plant *may be Silene indica var. indica only.* Silene
> setisperma is based on Lychnis inflata (not to be confused with Silene
> inflata), is a much distinct plant with rounded corolla lobes, and a plant
> again not reported from Pakistan (see eFl Pakistan) although Flora
> Himalayas mentions so.
>
>
>
> http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/westwood/moths1/high/IMG_3563.html
> --
> Dr. Gurcharan Singh"
>
>
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>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> A new species of Silene for me
> Thanks for sharing
>
> Tanay
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Alok Mahendroo <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Dear friends,
> I thought this one to be Silene setisperma, but I await your expert
> opinions..
>
> Location Pangi
> Altitude 3000 mts
> Habit herb
> Habitat wild
>
> Regards
> Alok
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> P.O. Dalhousie
> District Chamba
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>
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>
> http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new=true&id=2186
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>
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>
> Tanay Bose
>
> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
> Department of Botany.
> University of British Columbia .
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> Webpages:
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> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html
>
> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/”
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Alok Mahendroo <[email protected]>
> Date: 5 September 2011 22:24
> Subject: [efloraofindia:79832] Silene series 4 - Pangi al050911b
> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>
>
>
> Dear friends,
> I thought this one to be Silene setisperma, but I await your expert
> opinions..
>
> Location Pangi
> Altitude 3000 mts
> Habit herb
> Habitat wild
>
> Regards
> Alok
> --
> Himalayan Village Education Trust
> Village Khudgot,
> P.O. Dalhousie
> District Chamba
> H.P. 176304, India
>
> www.hivetrust.wordpress.com
> www.forwildlife.wordpress.com
>
> http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new=true&id=2186
>
>
>
> --
> With regards,
> J.M.Garg
> 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
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> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use
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> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora,
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>
>
--
With regards,
J.M.Garg
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 Creative Commons license attached with each image.
For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora,
please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group:
http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1860 members &
1,15,000 messages on 30/4/12) or Efloraofindia website:
https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database
of more than 6500 species).
Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of
India'.
