Dear Aparna, For a majority of people: it is the question of access. From where does one have access to all these monographs, of which many of us are not even aware of? Unless someone lists all the monographs and other related works and puts them up for access on the internet which is accessible to all the people in the group. In absence of accessible knowledge, the key source of information are the fieldguides which are accessible in the lay public domain. And some internet sites which are maintained by people who are deeply interested in the areas. Interest groups like this group rely mainly on fieldguides, some good internet sites and very importantly-peers who have built their interest to a very high level and some professionals/subject specialists who sustain the group. I have learnt a lot from the peers in all the groups that I am a member of. We all would like to take things ahead, but we should have the awareness of and access to these resource. The issue is that of access and knowledge of the monographs etc. If some of the subject specialists in this group who do have access to these resources, can make them available to the rest of the group, then I feel a majority of people will benefit. Janaki Turaga
On 9/19/09, Aparna Watve <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > > > -- > 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 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
