Thanks, Singh ji. I hope with more work, they can take it forward.
On 5 September 2016 at 04:13, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes it should be good resource. However, my first experience was not good: > My species Gentiana harwanensis G. Singh, 1976 is shown as synonym of > Galium harwanensis, which I never published. I have, however, written to > them. > > http://flora.indianbiodiversity.org/flora/angiosperm/gentianales/ > rubiaceae/galium/gentiana-harwanensis > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 10:16 AM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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 email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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>. 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