On 9/19/09, Aparna Watve <[email protected]> wrote:
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>
> Dear All,
> Considering all the serious discussions going on so far on various
> identities, use of family names, I am so happy to realize how this
> group is slowly maturing. People are discussing technical terms, use
> of correct family names, below species ranks and nomenclature- things
> which only the trained plant taxonomists bothered with.
> Owing to this I feel the need to talk about more use of standard
> floras and monographs which i had talked of in the past. Relying only
> on handbooks, which are generally region specific and can have only a
> limited number of species and descriptions as compared to our vast
> diversity of flora, is good for beginners. But at this stage, the
> serious ones on this group - and there are many- should devote time to
> library and referencing work- not from a single book (as it is not
> possible) but from various standard references and then form their
> opinion on identity of a species. In many cases the taxonomic
> literature is also influenced by varied opinions of the taxonomists
> and it is actually fun to read how some plant species have baffled
> generations of plantwatchers.
> : )
> Aparna
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> Dr. Aparna Watve
>
> Asha Appt, Shanti Nagar, Ekata Colony
> Nr. BSNL tower, Akbar Ward,
> Seoni.480661
> tel: 07692-228115
> mobile: (0)9755667710 and 9822597288 still works
>
> >
> Aparna ji
You have initiated a very valuable topic for the sake of our group and the
National Flora. While there is need for nomenclatural and identity
uniformity at India level and regional level, unfortunately very little has
recently been done at national level, some very good regional publications
have come up for us to bank upon, discuss and arrive at a meaningful
conclusion. Science today is dynamic process, and it does not take a minute
for new information to reach www, for all of us to benefit from. It needs a
lot of time for a national compilation to come up.
But then there is a catch. There is also lot of wrong information
flying around on the internet, but with so many able minded and sincere
people around, we can (and have been) sieve the right information.
--
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College
University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018
Phone: 011025518297; Mobile: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
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