That is a very nice illustartion Anil ji Dr Satish Phadke
On 9 June 2016 at 00:14, Anil Thakur <anilthakur2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Pinus gerardiana from slightly different angle > > > On 6/9/16, Anil Thakur <anilthakur2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Dr. Nidhan Singh Ji, > > > > Your concerns may be right. Actually, opened cones look alike in many > > Pinus species. It is surely P. gerardiana. I have seen its seeds > > myself. Seeds are long in P. gerardiana as compared to P. roxburghii. > > Secondly, megasporophylls in P. gerardiana easily shatter but they > > are quite persistent in P. roxburghii. Overall size of cone is smaller > > in P. gerardiana as compared to P. roxburghii. Moreover, I had > > procured two cones from a reliable source in Kinnaur, where it > > naturally occurs. Second cone shattered badly and have to be thrown. > > P. roxburghii does not occur in Kinnaur (high altitude area). > > > > Let's make our next tour to Sangla valley in Kinnaur in September > > (season for Chilgosa and wild flowers). We will get entirely new > > flowers there. > > > > These links make be helpful. > > > > 1. http://www.pinetum.org/cones/PNgerardiana.jpg > > > > 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pinus_gerardiana_Bra67.png > > > > 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pinus_gerardiana_female_cone.jpg > > > > > > On 6/8/16, Nidhan Singh <nidhansingh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Nice plate Anil Ji, > >> > >> Please see if the labelling is alright, the third one seems to me P. > >> roxburghii instead of P. gerardiana...!! > >> > >> -- > >> Regards, > >> > >> Dr. Nidhan Singh > >> Assistant Professor > >> Department of Botany > >> I.B. (PG) College > >> Panipat-132103 Haryana > >> Ph.: 09416371227 > >> > > > > > > -- > > With best Regards, > > > > Anil Kumar Thakur > > M.Sc. (Hons. Sch.), Ph.D. > > > > > -- > With best Regards, > > Anil Kumar Thakur > M.Sc. (Hons. Sch.), Ph.D. > > -- > 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. > To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
