Dear All We need one, single collection like e-flora of China, which is the only requirement for research.
Regards Kannan 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.
