Yes Garg Ji, it is an important resource on Angiosperm flora of India. What is most striking to me is the number of species in India in this database (21764 !) as compared to the official figure of India by Botanical Survey of India (18,159 in Plant Discoveries 2015). A difference of more than 3500 species! This team must have done great compilation and deserve appreciation.
DSRawat Pantnagar On Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 3:34:04 PM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > Dear members, > Today I had discussions with one of the members of the team (Sh. Arpit > Deomurari) who created IBIS Flora <http://flora.indianbiodiversity.org/>. > I find it quite a useful resource & adding its links also in the > references. > What is quite important is that it tried to give 21,764 species as > accepted names of Indian floral species & I think it's the only site we can > get such a checklist in India. Today I discussed with him the methodology > used by them in arriving at accepted names. He stated with Hooker's Flora > of India as a base & started revising the names as per publications till > 2014 along with using international databases. It seems to be great first > time work by a team of 5 members over a period of around two years. It also > gives distribution of 14,899 species. We can use it as one of the good > resources in our discussions in efloraofindia. It also has search facility > just like efloraofindia. In the left side bar > <http://flora.indianbiodiversity.org/flora/angiosperm/acorales/acoraceae/acorus> > > one can see all the species in a particular genus or all the genera in a > particular family etc.. > Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a > Creative Commons Attribution, No Derivative Works CC BY-ND Licence. > > I reproducing more details from it as below: > IBIS – Flora, a first of its kind portal, caters to users with an > extensive database carrying information of a total of 21,764 species, 515 > subspecies, 2,514 varieties, 4 sub varieties and 58 forma belonging to > 3,667 genera, 271 families and 50 orders of APG III. Around 95,161 synonyms > have been compiled of which 40,000 come from numerous Indian literatures > while the others are from international open access sources. IBIS-Flora > contains distribution maps for 14,899 species and has more than 65,000 > Bibliography from regional Flora. The Portal also offers details such as > place of publication of angiosperms, abbreviated names of authors, names > as per the international standards and a centralized repository of > bibliography of more than 1, 65, 000 citations, covering major publications > from India and world across. Further IBIS-Flora has records of photographs, > book excerpts, databases like IUCN, NCBI, Biodiversity heritage library and > results from search engines like ReFindit. The prime aim of collating this > information is to provide baseline data for the Flora of India and to > enhance the understanding of amateurs and enthusiasts on biodiversity and > its conservation related issues. > > I also request Arpit ji (or any of the team members) to pl. give us more > details in the matter so that our members can use it in a better way. > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
