Congratulations, Dr. Pankaj Ji On Wednesday, 9 March 2016 12:52:58 UTC+5:30, Dr Pankaj Kumar wrote: > > For Kutchh I cant say because the water there is saline. In Rajasthan > ofcourse there are orchids. There are very few orchids which grow in desert > but not found in India. > Takala is urdu word which also means left over or abandoned. But yes Bald > fits well. That area was ruled by Turkish for some time too. > From wikipedia: The name may be an Areeb Uyghur borrowing of the Arabic > tark, "to leave alone/out/behind, relinquish, abandon" + makan, "place". > Another plausible explanation suggests it is derived from Turki taqlar > makan, describing "the place of ruins". > By the way you had an interesting question, if the orchids were found > there or not? The answer is may be because no one went there to search as > it is not supposed to be easy to explore, there is scarcity of water and > other resources. I just had a look on google earth, Chinese have apparently > constructed road through the desert as well as on all sides and there are > some streams in the desert..... could harbour something interesting. > Atleast Goodyera procera. > Pankaj > > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> yes many years ago a honorary counsel of mongolia had shown us >> >> a short film about it and i thought it looked like a desert and ran >> right into the tibetan plateau , parts of which also looked devoid of trees >> etc ... >> >> And ha ha ... Takla ... in gujarati means Bald... as in a bald headed >> person... >> >> bald land piece ... >> >> may be its in one of the few dialects of mongolia?? >> >> === >> >> Regardless your paper is very detailed, serious graduate students would >> find it very informative and useful. Congratulations again. >> >> usha di >> >> ps in the same vein... does this mean .... there are no orchids of any >> type in Rajasthan and Kutchh and parts of the very rocky fry areas around >> the chambal river?// I wonder. >> >> On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> It corresponds with the desert. I dont know the expanse of Tibetan >>> Plateau (because outside India it is part of China no idea where it starts >>> and where it ends). >>> Infact the desert is a depression and not very high elevation. Must be >>> dried lake. Seems it is not really on the plateau but on the other side of >>> plateau. >>> The desert is called Takla Makan (meaning abandoned place) ... strange >>> name. >>> Pankaj >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected] >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>>> does that patch of white correspond to the plateau? corresponding to a >>>> real map with longitudes and latitudes? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected] >>>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Good question: >>>>> Most part of that Tibetan plateau is a desert hence no Goodyera there. >>>>> Pankaj >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 3:09 PM, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected] >>>>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Quote" and a nice (for lack of any thing better) paper" end quote >>>>>> >>>>>> this sentence looks and sounds weird >>>>>> >>>>>> i meant this late at nite i could not think of a better word >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> that's all >>>>>> >>>>>> its a lot of work.. >>>>>> and to get it in PLOS after the stringent reviews is and >>>>>> achievement. >>>>>> >>>>>> usha di >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 12:37 PM, Ushadi Micromini < >>>>>> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> very important milestone for you >>>>>>> >>>>>>> and a nice (for lack of any thing better) paper >>>>>>> >>>>>>> tell me in the distribution map section A and D both have this white >>>>>>> patch of nothing ... may be Tibetan plateau may be... >>>>>>> or why is it blank when Goodyera are surrounding that region? >>>>>>> any insights? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> usha di >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected] >>>>>>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Dear All >>>>>>>> Please find info on one of our new articles attached with the mail. >>>>>>>> Hu, C., H.Z. Tian, H. Li, A.-Q. Hu, F.W. Xing, A. Bhattacharjee, T. >>>>>>>> Hsu, P. Kumar & S.Chung. 2016. Phylogenetic Analysis of a ‘Jewel >>>>>>>> Orchid’ >>>>>>>> Genus Goodyera (Orchidaceae) Based on DNA Sequence Data from Nuclear >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> Plastid Regions. PLoS ONE 11 (2): e0150366. >>>>>>>> http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150366 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This has special importance as it is 50th article on my CV. The >>>>>>>> article can be downloaded for free from the link: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0150366 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hope you will find it interesting. >>>>>>>> Thanks and regards >>>>>>>> Pankaj >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> ****************************************************** >>>>>>>> **************************************************************** >>>>>>>> *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. >>>>>>>> *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *Office*: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Conservation Officer >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Orchid Conservation Section >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Flora Conservation Department >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >>>>>>>> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *Residence*: >>>>>>>> House no. 39, 2nd Floor, Shui Wo Tsuen >>>>>>>> Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>>>>>>> *email*: [email protected] <javascript:>; [email protected] >>>>>>>> <javascript:> >>>>>>>> *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 >>>>>>>> (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> 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] <javascript:>. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>>>>>> <javascript:>. >>>>>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Usha di >>>>>>> =========== >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Usha di >>>>>> =========== >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> ****************************************************** >>>>> **************************************************************** >>>>> *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. >>>>> *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* >>>>> >>>>> *Office*: >>>>> >>>>> Conservation Officer >>>>> >>>>> Orchid Conservation Section >>>>> >>>>> Flora Conservation Department >>>>> >>>>> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >>>>> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>>>> >>>>> *Residence*: >>>>> House no. 39, 2nd Floor, Shui Wo Tsuen >>>>> Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>>>> *email*: [email protected] <javascript:>; [email protected] >>>>> <javascript:> >>>>> *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 >>>>> (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Usha di >>>> =========== >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ****************************************************** >>> **************************************************************** >>> *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. >>> *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* >>> >>> *Office*: >>> >>> Conservation Officer >>> >>> Orchid Conservation Section >>> >>> Flora Conservation Department >>> >>> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >>> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> >>> *Residence*: >>> House no. 39, 2nd Floor, Shui Wo Tsuen >>> Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> *email*: [email protected] <javascript:>; [email protected] >>> <javascript:> >>> *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 >>> (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> > > > > -- > ****************************************************** > **************************************************************** > *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. > *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* > > *Office*: > > Conservation Officer > > Orchid Conservation Section > > Flora Conservation Department > > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > *Residence*: > House no. 39, 2nd Floor, Shui Wo Tsuen > Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > *email*: [email protected] <javascript:>; [email protected] <javascript:> > *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 > (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 > >
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