Gurcharan ji, Many thanks for showing us the differences. Hope, time permitting, I am able to differentiate them in these three episodes. Regards, Aarti
On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Here are the type of members to be covered in May fortnight > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Gurcharan ji, >> Can you give a couple of illustrations of Radiate heads? >> Some pictures will help us understand which type of flowers to post in >> the first part. >> Thanks >> >> >> On Wednesday, April 24, 2013 8:32:08 AM UTC+4, Gurcharan Singh wrote: >>> >>> Dear friends >>> After discussions in the moderator group it has been decided to convert >>> family weeks into family fortnight, starting from 1st of every month, >>> instead of Monday. This should give more time to members who can't >>> participate so actively in weekly formats. >>> As announced earlier our next three episodes will cover family >>> Asteraceae, obviously one of the very diverse and widely distributed family >>> in all climates. Forgetting about the complicated classification of the >>> family, it has been decided to make the division as simple as possible. The >>> first episode in the month of May will cover members with radiate heads: >>> those having both ray florets and disc florets. For those not botanically >>> oriented, the episode will include members in which petal like structures >>> are found on periphery and disc in the center, like we have in sun flower. >>> The second episode in June would cover members with only disc florets (no >>> petal like structures on periphery) like we have in Ageratum and third in >>> July will cover members with only ray florets (no disc in center) like we >>> have in Sonchus. >>> There is bound to be some overlapping, as some genera have more than >>> one type of heads, but we will go by majority, and be also prepared for >>> overlapping in different episodes. We will list the genera before the start >>> of every episode. >>> >>> I AM HAPPY TO INFORM THAT DR NIDHAN SINGH HAS AGREED TO COORDINATE THE >>> JULY EPISODE. MORE VOLUNTEERS PLEASE!!! >>> >>> Members are requested to participate in these episodes, which are mainly >>> aimed at identification of plants, as also having a relook at our database. >>> I wish every member would have photographs of this family, and should >>> participate. >>> PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO NUMBER YOUR UPLOADS SERIALLY DURING THESE >>> EPISODES TO HELP US IN TABULATION >>> >>> Please give subject line in May episode as "Asteraceae Week Part >>> I-Radiate heads:...............(plant name/unique code) from............... >>> (place) .....(add for ID for unknown photographs)-........(your serial >>> number)" >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Retired Associate Professor >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.**com/ <http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/> >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~**singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/> >>> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
