As per Kumar (2009) (please see attachmnet no. 1), "Ringal is a widely distributed shrub found in the temperate regions of Garhwal Himalaya. It is a non-timber forest produce (NTFP) harvested directly from the oak forest of Garhwal Himalaya without any conservation effort". He named one of the ringals, i.e. Tham ringal as Thamnocalamus jonsarensis. But on consulting The Plant list, I couldnot find it in the domain (please see the attachment no. 2), even there were no such reports except that of Kumar (2009) in which the name of the said species occurred. So, I would request my brethren from the plant taxonomist community to commnet on its validity.
www.sciencepub.net/report/0104/report0104.pdf
http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=thamnocalamus+jonsarensis
The name is also not in IPNI and Tropicos but this does not mean the name was not validly published. Why not contact
for knowing the source of the name.
The spelling of the specific epithet might be jaunsarensis
Ankur:
Yes, Balwant Kumar (2009) published several species including Thamnocalamus jonsarensis. As Subir pointed out that the species may have been validly published in original publication, which must be consulted and the species could be subsequently included in the Plant database.
Best
Syed
Dear Ankur,
The valid scientific name of Ringal is Yushania anceps. Please have a look at this link.
http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-450222
Good luck
The question is about the validity of the name Thamnocalamus jonsarensis; not the accepted/current name of Tham Ringal.
To check the validity of the said name the literature where it was first published requires to be seen. There is also a chance that it is based on a different name.
I think it is a mistake made by Kumar in that paper. The plant is probably Arundinaria jaunsarensis Gamble which is synonym of Yushania anceps (Mitford) W.C.Lin. Further synonyms are Chimonobambusa jaunsarensis (Gamble) Bahadur & H.B.Naithani, Fargesia jaunsarensis (Gamble) Campb. and Yushania jaunsarensis (Gamble) T.P.Yi.
See, Kumar has even misspelled the specific epithet as 'jonsarensis' instead of 'jaunsarensis'
I do not think that Thamnocalamus jonsarensis.is a validly published name
Thank you, Dr. Bandopadyay, Dr. Jafar, Dr. Singh and Dr. Mohanan for your valuable comments in response to the question asked. Arundinaria jaunsarensis Gamble is the actual name for the said plant, while Thamnocalamus jonsarensis is not a validly published name.
Dear Ankur,
Will you please kindly let me know where Thamnocalamus jonsarensis was validly published?
I am sorry, Dr. Bandopadhyay, it was a typographical error. Please read it as Thamnocalamus jonsarensis is not a validly published name.