No question of this plant being Myriactis wallichii. I wonder how can we believe a species which has often been treated as synonym of M. nepalensis (differing just by shorter habit, smaller heads, linear ray florets, elliptic-lanceolate leaves) can be so different. The large foliaceous bracts outside the head are very distinctive as are longer involucre. We should be looking for a different genus.
-- 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, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:17 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is a reply from Bernhard Dickore, the German botanist who identified > Cotoneaster adpressus for us: > --------------------- > Dear Tabish, > > your plant is *Myriactis wallichii* (while there remain some problems in > this genus as well). Erigeron is a horror in the Himalayas, numerous names > for few species only, E. alpinus does not occur in the Himalayas at all. > > Best regards, > Bernhard > ---------------------- > Best wishes > - Tabish > > > > On Sunday, September 2, 2012 11:34:45 PM UTC+5:30, Balkar wrote: >> >> Dear All >> Erigeron alpinus from the way to Hemkund sahib >> Pls validate >> thanks >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > -- > > > > --
