Rawat ji Although both species have been reported from Kashmir and other parts of Himalayas, but most herbaria (incl. DD, LUCK, CAL) have most specimens labelled as I. kemoanensis. I had checked more than 500 hundred sprecimens in 1972-73 in these herbaria and found that more than 90 per cent specimens were wrongly identified. I could confirm only a few specimens around Kumaon to be really belonging to I. kemoanensis. I wish the members who take photographs of these two species focus on stem legth and length of perianth tube, which are very different in two species.
-- 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, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Dr. G. S. Rawat <gsrawa...@gmail.com>wrote: > Dear Dr. Gurcharan Singh, > > Thanks a lot for the clarifications. Do you think, I hookeriana and I. > kemaonensis may occur in the same locality? If yes, where. What exactly is > the distribution range of I. hookeriana? > > Thanks and regards, > > Dr. G.S. Rawat > Chief Scientist, Ecosystem Services > International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development > Katmandu > Nepal > (Formerly, Professor of Habitat Ecology, WII Dehra Dun; Also, formerly > member of eflora - google group). > > > > On Monday, August 9, 2010 8:06:05 AM UTC+5:45, Gurcharan Singh wrote: >> >> Iris hookeriana Foster from Kashmir, one of the most common but under >> reported species of Western Himalayas in subalpine and alpine zone. >> Specimens are often found identified under I. kemaonensis. I had studied >> more than two hundred specimens of I. kumaonensis (spellings used earlier) >> in Calcutta, Dehradun, Lucknow and other Herbaria and found more than 95 >> per cent specimens actually belonging to I. hookeriana back in 1972-73. >> >> >> >> The two species are distinguished as Under: >> >> I. hookeriana: Flowers on distinct 5-15 (30) cm long peduncle; peduncle >> 2-fld; bracts almost covering corolla tube; corolla tube (hypanthium) 2-3 >> cm long; Beard white >> I. kemaonensis: Flowers sessile, peduncle absent or very short; 1-fld, >> flowers appearing almost from ground. bracts covering only base of corolla >> tube; corolla tube 5-7.5 cm long; beard yellow-orange tipped. >> >> Incidently there is another species named after Hooker, I. hookeri Penny >> ex G. Don. Although code does not ban such names, it is recommended to the >> authors not to name a species within a genus after the same person/place. >> >> --; >> 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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >> >> -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
