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From: Chris Fraser-Jenkins <[email protected]>
Date: 23 January 2014 09:55
Subject: Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:179229] Dicranopteris linearis (Burm. f.)
Underw. (?) from Assam-Jan 2014
To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>
Dear Sir,
Could I mention my concern about the level of knowledge about
the state of modern Indian pteridology displayed by the E-Flora? I have
looked at the E Flora of India page indicated re Dicranopteris - and am
worried to see a great confusion of wild guesses and complete lack of
knowledge of the standard modern literature re Indian Ferns. Why do these
correspondents flounder around with hardly a clue what they are talking
about when there is a considerable number of competent and knowledgeable
pteridologists in India, and others nearby who are well known there? It is
seriously important that this website tries to help people by pointing out
the literature available and keeping in touch with the wealth of modern
taxonomic work on Indian pteridophytes.
For example several different species have been given by somebody as
synonyms of Dicranopteris linearis when they are well known in Indian fern
literature to be distinct - other travellers guess it is a Nephrolepis and
all sorts of vague and general nonsense guesses appear there. But all
could have been solved by reference to some standard works which apparently
no-one seems to know about.
I am thinking in particular of Prof. S.P. Khullar's Illustrated Fern Flora
of the West Himalaya, Dixit's Census List of Indian pteridophytes,
Kholia's Ferns of Sikkim (illustrated) and while it is embarrassing to have
to blow my own trumpet, Fraser-Jenkins', Taxonomic Revision of 300 Indian
subcontinental Pteridophytes with a Revised Census List (illustrated).
Members and contributors really have to know about these books if they are
to identify or comment on Indian pteridophytes. Of course there are a lot
of other books, including Sarnam Singh & Panigrahi's Ferns of [a small part
of] Arunachal Pradesh, and Ghosh et al.'s Pteridophytees of Eastern India
1, but they are full of errors and mistaken new species, so need great care
and background knowledge to work with, though Singh's has very nice
illustrations but under many strange names. But apparently no-one on the
e-Flora site seems to know accurately about the literature, nor about the
species.
I have put my book, Tax. Rev. 300 onto the Indian-Fern website to
try to make it available as I had intended when writing it - so at least
anyone can see that, and the forthcoming new Census List will also be on
the internet. If people would like to know more about the taxonomy of
Indian ferns at least they can see the Tax. Rev. 300 book by joining the
Indian-Ferns group (free) - find it on
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/Indian-Ferns - then click on Files and find
book. It will at least put people in touch with the complexities of modern
Indian Fern Taxonomy, and the references therein will be useful, as also
the photos.
I cannot post this information onto the E-Flora, so would be
grateful if Professor Garg would kindly do so to try to put more people in
touch about ferns.
Best wishes,
Chris Fraser-Jenkins, Kathmandu.
On , Chris Fraser-Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Sir,
This is Dicranopteris lanigera (D.Don) Fraser-Jenk., which is
much commoner than D. linearis in north India.
Chris Fraser-Jenkins.
On Thursday, 23 January 2014, 5:54, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.
Some earlier relevant feedback:
efi page on Dicranopteris
linearis<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species--ferns/a---l/g/gleicheniaceae/dicranopteris/dicranopteris-linearis>
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From: *Karuna Das* <[email protected]>
Date: 12 January 2014 09:29
Subject: [efloraofindia:179229] Dicranopteris linearis (Burm. f.) Underw.
(?) from Assam-Jan 2014
To: indiantreepix <[email protected]>
Dear All,
Attached images may be *Dicranopteris linearis* (Burm. f.) Underw.[
*Gleichenia* *linearis* (Burm. f.) C.B. Clarke]. Please ID the plant.
Date :30.12.2013
Location: Assam
Family : Gleicheniaceae
Genus & species : *Dicranopteris linearis* (Burm. f.) Underw. (?)
Habitat: Grows wild on hill slopes
Habit : Herb
With regards
Karuna Kanta Das
Guwahati 781012
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