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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> Date: 25 February 2017 at 09:19 Subject: Fwd: What are herbaria for? Can you help? To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Thanks a lot, Chadwell ji. My quick answers: 1. What is a herbarium for?- For plant Ids, taxonomic work, keeping Types specimen etc. 2. Have you ever visited one? - No 3. Have you ever used herbaria? What for and which ones? - No 4. Have you ever collected pressed specimens for a herbarium? - No 5. Do you know which is the nearest herbarium to where you live?- I think at Kolkata Botanical Gardens 6. Do you know which are the TOP herbaria in India?- Those associated with BSI regional centres & other smaller centres & top botanical educational institutes ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: C CHADWELL <[email protected]> Date: 25 February 2017 at 01:50 Subject: What are herbaria for? Can you help? To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> May I thank those who have responded so far about hand lenses. I shall be commenting about the findings and my thoughts about their use. Will wait a few more days in hope of further input. In the mean-time, I wish to raise another topic. In the UK, I have found that VERY FEW people have heard of herbaria or know what is their purpose. This includes not just members of the general public, those belonging to the clubs & societies I lecture to but also many enthusiasts interested in identification of plants and MOST scientists incl. many botanists whose work does not involve identifying plants. Since the early 1980s, I have seen staff numbers at herbaria in the UK & USA decimated - in some cases, replaced by evolutionary biologists. So, I think it would be helpful if Indian members of this group (excluding those who work in herbaria in India) would kindly answer the following questions: 1. What is a herbarium for? 2. Have you ever visited one? 3. Have you ever used herbaria? What for and which ones? 4. Have you ever collected pressed specimens for a herbarium? 5. Do you know which is the nearest herbarium to where you live? 6. Do you know which are the TOP herbaria in India? I would welcome replies from any member regardless of your background/profession - other than those working in herbaria/for herbaria. There are no RIGHT or WRONG answers, so please do not hesitate to contribute. Best Wishes, Chris Chadwell 81 Parlaunt Road SLOUGH SL3 8BE UK www.shpa.org.uk -- 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'. -- 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.
