wow! Great! I welcome him and all newly joined great taxonomist handeling this group. sorrry for late mail Madhuri
--- On Thu, 3/9/09, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > Subject: [indiantreepix:17512] About Dr. E.S. SANTHOSH KUMAR - our new member > To: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, 3 September, 2009, 4:26 PM > Dear members, > I welcome him to 'Indiantreepix'. > He has been helping us with Ids with his expertise > since joining. > > > Pl. see details about him as below: > Described 11 species and 4 varieties of > plants as new to science. > > Published 58 research papers in > various national and international > journals > > > Developed a conservatory of over 300 lesser > known or totally unknown wild ornamental plants of the > Western Ghats > > Established a > field gene bank of 100 rare endangered and threatened > medicinal plants of South India. > > > Developed an > Ethno Herbal Forest of over 650 species of medicinal plants > used in the classical, folk and tribal systems of medicines. > > > > Set > up a Raw Drug museum of medicinal plants with their > scientific identities. > > Prepared a > check list on the flora of Peppara and Neyyar Wild Life > Sancturies of Kerala . > > > Rediscovered 15 endangered or possibly > extinct species of angiosperms from the Western Ghats. > > > Floristic study on the Sacred > Groves in the Nedumangadu Taluk of Thiruvananthapuram > District, Kerala. > > (MSc. Thesis. Submitted to the University > of Mumbai). > > Floristic Study on the Sacred > Groves of Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala. > > > (Ph. D. Thesis submitted to the > University of Mumbai). > > Floristic study on > Kalakkadu-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR), Tamil Nadu, > India. > > > Collected and identified over 7500 > accessions of herbarium specimens from the Western Ghats > > > > Developed a gene pool of all Indian > species of the genera like Biophytum, Thottea, Adhatoda, > Plumbago, Rauvolfia etc at TBGRI > > > Conducted a pioneer field survey, mapping the > vegetation, location of RET species etc for proposing Gene > Pool Conservation Areas (GPCAs) as the in-situ conservation > plots for the endangered species of the Western Ghats of > Kerala, India. > > > Completed the Taxonomic studies on > the Indian species of genus Thottea Rottboel > (Aristolochiaceae) > > > Developed a Systematic Garden at TBGRI with over 88 > angiosperm families. > > Conducted capacity building trainings in Taxonomy to > University students > > Worked as a consultant for taxonomic identification of > plants coming to TBGRI for naming from colleges, > universities etc. > > > Worked as a research guide for M.SC and B. Sc > students. > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > 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 > > > > > > > > Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video highlights and more. Click here http://cricket.yahoo.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
