Tabish ji
You are not a layman, much more accomplished than many of us (no aspersions
on fellow taxonomists). Your knowledge of Indian Flora is unparalleled.
Plus your website is something every botanist and nature lover should thank
you for. Truly a great contribution.
If any member has access to original description of L. kumaonensis,
kindly forward it, as it may help further. I thought we had seen some
plants with reddish flowers also in Chakrata.
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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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
> Thank you Gurcharan ji and Tabish for getting to the ID - *Leptodermis
> lanceolata*.
> Regards.
> Dinesh
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> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Gurcharan ji,
>> You are right. It is Leptodermis lanceolata. In Leptodermis
>> lanceolata, flowers are borne in cymes at the end of stem, or on lateral
>> branches. In Leptodermis kumaonensis, they are almost fascicled on the
>> stem. Moreover, flowers are white in Leptodermis lanceolata, whereas they
>> are white or pink, fading to purple in Leptodermis kumaonensis. These are
>> the observations of a layman. :-)
>> - Tabish
>>
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>> On Wednesday, August 29, 2012 8:25:12 PM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote:
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>>> Would be interesting to know the differences between the two species but
>>> judging from comparison with plants uploaded on FOI it seems to match more
>>> with mine Leptodermis lanceolata from Chakrata.
>>>
>>> http://www.flowersofindia.net/**catalog/slides/Kumaon%**
>>> 20Leptodermis.html<http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Kumaon%20Leptodermis.html>
>>>
>>> http://www.flowersofindia.net/**catalog/slides/Lanceleaf%**
>>> 20Leptodermis.html<http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Lanceleaf%20Leptodermis.html>
>>>
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>>> --
>>> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.**com/ <http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/>
>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~**singhg45/<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/>
>>>
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>>> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Many thanks Gurcharan ji, Tabish and Prashant.
>>>> Will post cropped photos of the above in the evening. Will check for
>>>> any other available view.
>>>> Regards.
>>>> Dinesh
>>>>
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>>>> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]>wrote:
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>>>>> I too had seen this plant at 2 places, one along Govindghat-Ghangaria
>>>>> trail and other just before Joshimath. Will share the photographs by
>>>>> evening..
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Prashant
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I would guess
>>>>>> *Leptodermis* *kumaonensis*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> but detailed features need to be checked to distinguish it from
>>>>>> Leptodermis *lanceolata*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * - Tabish
>>>>>> *
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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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
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