One more thing is the very-2 positive role moderators play (along with other experts & members) (sometimes behind the scenes as they are part of the ITPmods group, whose membership is only restricted to the moderators of this group). They are also setting very high standards required of them. I am thrilled with the views & guidance provided by our experts. Let their tribe increase.
On 11 April 2010 21:45, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Muthu ji > The key to the success of this group, to my mind is the approach to write > without hesitation what comes to your mind at the first sight of the plant > photograph. If all of us wait for writing only when one is 100% sure about > the identification, then perhaps 90 % of plants on this group would remain > untouched. I have been stressing on this forum, and Dinesh ji and Satish ji > (and now Tanay) give it a practical shape, make a guess, even if it is a > wild guess. Once any member finds a name given for a plant which appears > doubtful, it is a real impetus to go deeply, find more information, and come > up with improved identification. This is the fuel for this group, and is the > key to the high success rate of identifications on this group. > Let us make sure that this tempo continues. Let us also make sure that > we keep on interacting in cordial atmosphere, and find the interaction a > joyful experience. > > > -- > > 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> Last night I was telling my friend about the activities in this group, >> which provokes knowledge by discussions and reviews. As Gurucharan singhji >> mentioned, the group is gaining momentum to become a Knowledge Forum on >> Plant taxonomy. Interactions from experts here, kindles me to learn and >> search more. >> I love to be part of efloraofindia. >> >> Cheers! >> >> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear Members >>> What had initially started as a site to share photographs and get >>> identity of unknown plants, I find in recent months, it is taking shape as >>> Forum where new inputs from members are leading to the re-interpretation of >>> identity of many plants. Many of us very happy to identify their specimens >>> from local floras, and most of the times once we identify the specimen from >>> local flora, we don't find need (and often there is no need, because that is >>> the purpose of local floras: fewer names to sort from) to cross check the >>> identifications. Interactions on this group have in recent months led to the >>> correction of many local flora identifications and more importantly >>> discovery of several new records in regional floras. There are often very >>> involved discussions, not met in even usual research interactions at various >>> research institutes. Some recent such discussions have been on Solanum >>> indicum complex which threw in several new species of our areas, Ocimum >>> longifolia complex, Alternathera species in India, Acmella species in India >>> and more recently discussion on specimens of Physalis minima complex >>> uploaded by me and Dinesh ji. Truly most of these discussions are initiated >>> by Satishji and Dinesh ji, provided professional touch by Shrikant ji and >>> Vijayasankar ji and interesting inputs by Garg ji and Tabish ji. The group >>> has more recently become more resourceful with the introduction of Tanay >>> (ji), Muthu ji, Satish Chile, Balkar ji, Satish Pardesi ji and several >>> other members contributing actively. >>> With discussions continuing like this, our website may soon become a >>> Forum/Centre for active Taxonomic Research, I keep on interacting in several >>> other groups, but find none (even some International ones) reaching a >>> fraction of interaction that we find on this group. >>> Congratulations to all members. Three cheers for efloraofindia Group, >>> and three cheers for our pioneers Tabish ji and Garg ji. >>> >>> -- >>> 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "efloraofindia" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Muthu Karthick, N >> Junior Research Fellow >> Care Earth Trust >> Chennai - 61 >> www.careearthtrust.org >> > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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