Hello all I think there is a tremenduous need for over all reveiwing of our rich floristic diversity. and with the use of new technology we can sudy it well and also project it and retrieve it in a better way. as Garg ji has already stated all the aspects of plant should be photographed so as to get detail information of it and in the course a database is created. i would like to inform that it is called Eelectronic herbarium, wherein plant habit, bark, twig, twig, leaves ,inflorescnce, flower, fruit seeds along with other diagnosting character are photographed and linked with the description of plant which can be retrieved instantly. my research on plants of Mumbai was based on preparation of Electronic herbarium and digital database of Mumbai which resulted in development of such e-herbarium of 1252 plants of the region. i request all the members to click as many as photographs of the plant and its habitat, so as to get more and more information of the plant and its habitat.
thanks and regards Satish Pardeshi On Sep 5, 1:54 pm, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > sorry the endemicity is 30% !!! > > > > On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Pankaj Kumar<[email protected]> wrote: > > Respected Seniors and Dear friends, > > > With due respects, > > > The basic point is, to conserve a species, you need to identify it > > first. Its ironic that, researchers get involved in research which are > > often lab based with sophesticated aspects using hi-tech tools and > > techniques, on the other hand the field botany and the field botanists > > are getting on the verge of extinction. Personally I have seen people > > working on aspects like tissue culture, medicinal aspects, molecular > > aspects, as some of the premier institutes and universities in India, > > with wrongly identified specimens and publishing articles in > > international journals, only to fool others but infact they are > > fooling themselves only!! > > > We feel great to know that, there is around 90% endemicity in Western > > Ghats but it is ironic and shameful that we dont even have a proper > > conservation status assigned to them following proper IUCN norms!!! > > Red Data Book of India is not based on IUCN norms hence it is not > > followed worldwide. It is ironic that still after 120 years of > > Hooker's Flora of British India, we dont have a flora of our country > > written by Indians though we have atleast one University in each and > > every district of India. After over 40 years of Champion and Seth, we > > still dont have an update on the forest types of our country.....AND > > WE BOOST ABOUT THE BIODIVERSITY OF OUR COUNTRY!! Forget about plants, > > can anyone tell me how many Frog species are there in India, or > > Butterflies or Lizards?? > > > JAGO INDIA JAGO!!! > > > These are my personal feelings and not meant for any of the > > individuals of this community or outside. > > > Regards > > > Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. > > Dehradun > > +919412368451- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
