Thanks Gargji for introducing Singh Sir to us. Arent we lucky to have him with us now?! There are fewer researchers and teachers these days, who are actually working on Classical Botanical subjects like 'Taxonomy'.
And Thanks to Singh Sir for joining this community and parting his knowledge with us! On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 11:50 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Great! > Welcome sir. Thanks Gargji for the intro > Madhuri > > Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel > > ------------------------------ > *From*: "J.M. Garg" > *Date*: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 21:08:50 +0530 > *To*: indiantreepix<[email protected]> > *Subject*: [indiantreepix:15170] About Sh. Gurcharan Singh, University of > Delhi- Our new member > > Dear members, > He was actively involved in taxonomic research between 1969 and 1985 having > contributions on flora of Kashmir valley and Ladakh, including his book > 'Forest Flora of Srinagar.... 'published in 1976. After migrating to Delhi > and involved in active teaching he continued his taxonomic pursuits by being > involved with technical editing of English translations of different Volumes > of Flora of USSR, Flora of Siberia and Plants of Central Asia published by > Amerind Publishers and subsequently Oxford & IBH. During last decade he has > published book "Plant Systematics" international edition published by > Science publishers, USA in 1999(enlarged international edition "Plant > Systematics, an integrated approach" in 2004; Revised 2009 edition will be > out within few weeks). For Indian Undergraduate and Postgraduate students > there is Indian edition "Plant Systematics, Theory and Practice" published > by Oxford & IBH Co., the two editions having come in 1999 and 2004. > For last few months he is having a relook at the Flora of Delhi, and came > to realise that perhaps a lot needs to be done. Within last few months he > has already discovered many new records for the area including Mecardania > procumbens, Evolvulus nummularius, Heliotropium crassifolium, Scoparia > dulcis, Hydrocotyle triradiata, Soliva antherifolia, Euphorbia cyathophora > etc. He has been using the expertise of members of TAXACOM, of which he was > a member for last ten years or so, till he got introduced present group. > > I am sure his interactions will be very useful to 'Indiantreepix'. He has > already started taking active interest. > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
