Thanks, Dr. Chris for your comments. I agree with you regarding lack of knowldge of ferns in our e-group except for assistance from you & to some extent Dr. Vijaya Das. That's why so many guesses are being made before final Id is determined by you or say by Dr. Vijaya Das. Efloraofindia group has a membership of more than 2200 with members from diverse background & members may through up guesses as per knowledge level/ acquaintance of ferns, if any. I hope more participation from experts in future may provide better inputs in this matter. If you agree, contents from Indian Fern group may also added to efloraofindia website with a copy marked to you for any corrections you feel like. That may certainly lead to better & correct contents in future on Indian Ferns.
As regards synonyms these have been taken from the latest list available at that time The Plant List<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-26600130> (2010). Other sources which are available are GRIN <http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?412460> (updated in 1999) Tropicos <http://www.tropicos.org/Name/26609099>(seems to be updated upto2013), but I don't know whether it will stand your scrutiny or not. As I have access to these online resources, pl. let me know which will be better to follow (for synonymy) as far as ferns are concerned. If you agree I can put your book Tax. Rev. 300 on Efloraofindia website under File Section for better visibility to the members. On 23 January 2014 10:27, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > 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> > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > 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 > > > <http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/signatureline.htm@Middle?> > Get your own *FREE* website, *FREE* domain & *FREE* mobile app with > Company email. > *Know More > >*<http://track.rediff.com/click?url=___http://businessemail.rediff.com/company-email-hosting-services?sc_cid=sign-1-10-13___&cmp=host&lnk=sign-1-10-13&nsrv1=host> > -- > > 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 > mailto:indiantreepix%[email protected]<indiantreepix%[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. > > > > -- > 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 2200 members & > 1,78,400 messages on 31/12/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 9000 species & 1,80, 000 images). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > > > > > > > -- > 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 2200 members & > 1,78,400 messages on 31/12/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 9000 species & 1,80, 000 images). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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 2200 members & 1,78,400 messages on 31/12/13) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 9000 species & 1,80, 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.
