*Great!!!* Another big mile stone crossed. Congrats to eFI family and thanks to all contributors. Not to forget our learned coordinators of various fortnights/ weeks who have taken a lot of pain in correcting our IDs. DSRawat Pantnagar
On Sunday, November 10, 2013 3:10:11 PM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > Dear members, > > It's heartening to reiterate that > *Efloraofindia*<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!forum/indiantreepix>* > > is the largest google e-group in the world *in this field & the largest > nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with around > 1,74,000 messages so far & membership currently around 2190 nos. > > Efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> > website<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> has > now been updated upto 31st Oct.'13 along with completion of resurfacing > work upto this date. *It has the largest database on net on Indian Flora > with more than 1,80,000 pictures of more than 9000 species. *Members > should add Efloraofindia<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> link in their > favourites & give species’ links from this while posting or replying in a > thread as lot of discussed data is already available here. > > > > For better viewing of species' pages, colour scheme & formatting is being > followed as below while editing any pages in future: > > Description of the species, Details of other flora species on the same > page, Details of other than flora species on the same page, Uses/harms, > Distribution/Abundance/Location, Habit & Habitat, Etymology & > pronunciation, Other Interesting Information, stories etc., Others, > *Botanical > names*, *Common names, **Main point of discussion below,* Discussion > about botanical names. > > > > These days a lot of inf. about Indian Flora is available under Cc-by > license <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_licenses>(Licensees > may copy, distribute, display and perform the work and make > derivative works based on it only if they give the author or licensor the > credits in the manner specified by these). Due credits/ attributions are to > be given. Such sources include Wikipedia, India Biodiversity Portal, IUCN > Red List, PFAF, Flora of Tibet website etc. I am trying to add such inf. > with due credits. > > > > I am also trying to add keys & summarizing the information at the top of > the page (for the pages I am coming across while adding information from > current threads). Genera pages are also cleaned up so that species (due to > wrong botanical names or being syn. of some other species) are deleted or > properly connected as per the current accepted name along with references. > Future > eFI genera pages will be like > Lobelia<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/c/campanulaceae/lobelia>depending > upon the time I get as & when I update a genus page so that we > are aware which are the species which are likely to be found in India > (depending on the net resources) & which are already available in eFI. > > Intent of this website is compilation of all the posts on 'efloraofindia' > e- group along with providing other details so that it’s useful to all > concerned as all the data about a particular species will be available > under a single head & *easily searchable*. However, correctness of data/ > identification in the efloraofindia (earlier indiantreepix) links is > dependent on the members’ inputs in that particular link. Therefore, > errors/ mistakes cannot be ruled out- everyone is requested to point them > out for corrections by sending an e-mail to > <[email protected]<javascript:>>. > Efloraofindia e-group members can also add comments about it after > 'signing in' at the bottom of the page. > > More important is the fact that thousands of observations of hundreds of > our members are available here (many of which one will not find documented > anywhere) & easily searchable through general web searches (after adding > efloraofindia) as well as by searching in the > Efloraofindia<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home>. And these are > going to increase with every passing day. These original observations will > be a treasure trove & will a delight to a lot of people. With the pace at > which new species are being added to our database, it should become the > premier resource for taxonomic research in India. As the data is > multiplying, we need more volunteers to take up this work. Details can be > seen at Volunteers > required<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/volunteers-required/volunteers-required>. > > > > Monthly family > weeks<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/monthly-family-weeks>organized > by Dr. Gurcharan Singh among others have become a great source of > information for efloraofindia website. > > Kudos & thanks to The > Pillars<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/pillars-of-efloraofindia>, > > Moderators<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/moderators>, > Major > contributors<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/major-contributors>& > other members who are rendering selfless service on the group & made this > endeavour possible for the benefit of everyone. > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world): > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2190 members & > 1,72,300 messages on 31/10/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 8500 species & 1,70, 000 images). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
