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Ranunculus rufosepalus & R. amplexicaulis

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Lesley Cox:
Hi Cliff, nice to know you're around. I was thinking about you yesterday when I looked at the local rag because there was an article and photo about the astounding buttercup local to some of the North Otago mountains. We have been thinking of it as a ssp or perhaps very ancient hybrid of R. haastii but it has now been given a new species name of R. acraeus. There is an accompanying photo taken by Ann Cartman. I phoned the Otago Daily Times to ask if I could use the article here on the Forum but no, unless I paid a large amount of money to buy the copyright. So as I have your address here, I'll cut it from the paper and send it. I'm sure you'd be interested. This is the same plant I sent a little seed of, a couple of years ago and to Ian christie as well. Did anything germinate. What I myself sowed, never did. It's not so far a protected plant but very lkely will be soon as it is so rare and so local.

Lesley Cox:
OK Maggi, thanks.

Maggi Young:
Lesley, Cliff, take a look at the Field Trips downunder page!
 http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=161.msg3814#new

My Sister, Ann, just sent me this very newspaper clipping in a photo in am email! Toolie had been speaking about the plant on that thread.  I have posted it on the Forum, so I suppose the paper will be sueing me... let.'em, I'm broke!

fermi de Sousa:
Lesley,
after reading the article I have to ask what are "thar"? Is it what is meant by "them thar hills"???
cheers
fermi

Maggi Young:
Fermi, "thar" are himalayan goat type animals, another of those pesky foreign imports that NZ must contend with. Hemitragus jemlahicus is the latin name.

See this pdf file from NZ.  http://www.forestandbird.org.nz/highcountry/pests/factsheet.pdf

There are also Nilghri Thar, a variety from southern India, but I don't think they've got to Nz.. yet!

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