Respected Rawat Sir, I agree 100%, except the very first line. A species, displayed in submitted pics, must thoroughly be scrutinized before reaching a particular species level id. Otherwise it better be left at genus or family level.
Thank you, Regards, surajit On Monday, 27 May 2013 13:46:08 UTC+5:30, D.S Rawat wrote: > > Aptly pointed out sir. > I feel that many a times we tries to reach to the identity of a plant > (represented by pics only here) without sufficient morphological evidences > since specimen is not in our hand. Most authoritative identification is > always based on the study of plant specimen and literature. particularly in > case of the genera where species are hard to differentiate (example-* > Anaphalis* species). This point should be kept in mind > while identifying our pics. > DSRawat Pantnagar > > On Monday, May 27, 2013 12:52:41 PM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: >> >> Dear members >> All of us coming from diverse fields and different professions have >> joined this group with sole purpose of sharing information, gaining >> information from others who don't belong to your profession but have >> intimate contact with plants in nature, and above all enjoying these >> interactions. Luckily with examples high standards of interactions set by >> our senior colleagues like Garg ji, Santhosh ji, Dinesh ji, Vijayasankar >> ji, Shrikant ji, Satish ji, Mani ji, Prashant ji, Pankaj ji, Nidhan ji, >> Balkar ji and others, the interactions are much more harmonious than many >> other groups I am familiar with. Thanks to all the members for maintaining >> this high level of cordiality, so that we all enjoy to share information, >> in a forum where you are solely involved for the sake of your mental >> satisfaction. >> We are also aware that in a such a large group, difference of >> opinion are bound to arise, but let us give our opinions (mostly based on >> evidence) without belittling of offending other members the least. All of >> us have different levels of knowledge, and may find an opinion given by a >> particular member not up to mark, but please let us not make judgments on >> others, and simply give our opinion and leave it on others to infer. >> Let us all make efforts to share knowledge with a smile and take >> group to new heights. >> >> >> -- >> 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/ >> > -- 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

