Although the two species are close, we can rule out *Acer pectinatum*because it is not found in Western Himalayas. So it should be *Acer acuminatum* - Tabish
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 2:06 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > Date: 13 April 2011 16:34 > Subject: Fwd: Flora of Uttarakhand- Acer Species for Id- JM > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], tanay bose < > [email protected]> > > > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “*Acer acuminatum* from me > tanay” > > > > “This *could be Acer pectinatum*. > Pankaj” > > > > “Really a difficult call. *The two species really seem to be very close*. > Flkowers would have helped. And frankly nomenclature is confusing going by > Flora of China. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh” > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > Date: 2 January 2011 12:13 > Subject: Flora of Uttarakhand- Acer Species for Id- JM > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Wild- captured on 12/8/10 during the trek from Ghangaria (around 11,000 > ft.) to Valley of Flowers (around 12,500 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 1475 members & > 57,000 messages on 16/12/10 & with a database of around 4400 species on > 30/11/10) > > > > > -- > 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 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 1580 members & > 66,000 messages on 30/3/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of > around 4500 species) > > > > > -- > 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 1950 members & > 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- ------------------------------------------- <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net The waterhole of flower lovers --
