I fully agree with Pankaj ji and Gurcharan Sir. The IPNI continues to serve as the replacement of the Index Kewensis and they regularly update the website. Tropicos is also quite good for finding out the publication details of a name and its isonyms. The latter also provides fund for research as done for the Indian Syzygium. The rest, as clearly indicated by you, are really confusing and they keep on duplicating the same. There is no use of such checklists without taxonomic judgements. I am giving an example: Right at the moment I am finalizing the typification of Phyllanthus glaucus Wall. ex Mull.Arg. IPNI shows that it is a valid publication and free from all constraints. The Plat List shows that this name is a synonym of Flueggea virosa subsp. virosa and the new website also repeating the same mistake. Probably they have adopted the names and status here by copying the Plant List, the persons/team involved being the same! Many of the Indian names are still of uncertain/unresolved status!
Back in our own courtyard, the need of the day seems to be good taxonomic revisions which will lead on to a national Flora and then a dedicated team for constant updates. This will probably take generations to be a reality as in case of Flora Malesiana Project initiated by C. G. G. J. van Steenis! Regards, Tapas. . On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 6:58 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > I was trying to sing in but it didnt happen. > I agree with Gurcharan sir, but more than that I imagine, why they need to > have three different database coming from the same place and most likely > from same people, THE PLANT LIST, WORLD CHECKLIST OF PLANTS and now PLANTS > OF THE WORLD. Why not they keep one comprehensive website with properly > authenticated and correct information. > Now that all three database is coming from same people, I feel confused > which one to look into!! > But something is always better than nothing. > Thanks a lot for sharing. > Pankaj > > > On Tuesday, 22 November 2016 00:03:41 UTC+8, tchakrab wrote: >> >> I came upon the following link which may be found helpful. >> Tapas. >> >> http://wfo.kew.org >> > -- > 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 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.
