Thanks, Chadwell ji. On 01-Dec-2017 9:43 AM, "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> I do not understand why 'Tylophora barbata', a plant known only from a > limited part of Australia has been suggested. A quick glance shows that of > the images > available on the internet (assuming they are correct and they probably are > in this case - though *frequently are not*) do not come close to those > photos taken by Dr Rawat. What herbarium specimens have been examined to > conclude it belongs only to this genus? Please explain on what basis it > only belongs to the genus *Tylophora*? Too much reliance is put on > glancing at images on the internet. It really is important that the > geographic and altitudinal distributions are considered when suggesting > likely identifications. Most genera and individual species are variable. > > Furthermore, it is often impossible to decide which genus or species a > plant belongs to on the basis of a small number of photos only. > > I am raising really important issues which EFI needs to address. > > On Friday, October 20, 2017 at 2:33:15 PM UTC+1, D.S Rawat wrote: > >> This perennial climber was seen and photographed in our last trekking to >> Ralam village in Uttarakhand. It was found distributed in temperate >> broadleaf forests between 2200-2500m elevations. >> >> Please suggest the ID. >> DSRawat Pantnagar >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ------------------------------------------------ >> Dr D.S. Rawat >> Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & >> Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, INDIA >> *eflorapantnagar* <https://sites.google.com/site/eflorapantnagar/home> >> displaying wild flora of Pantnagar >> > -- > 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.
