The news of Dr.M.R. Almeida's demise saddened me, It is a big loss to the Botanists and the Taxonomists community. May his soul rests in Peace. Promila
On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 2:54 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > May his soul in rest. He was a great taxonomist. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: mayur nandikar [email protected] > Date: 5 December 2017 at 13:31 > Subject:Dr. Marselin R. Almeida passed away > To: > > > > Dear all, > > I am deeply saddened to share about the passing away of Dr. MR Almeida. He > died today morning at the age of 79 in his residence at Mumbai. A big and > irreversible loss of the plant taxonomy field in India. We have lost a > great teacher and field botanist. He will always be remembered for his > contribution to the Flora of Maharashtra, Sawantwadi and adjoin. May his > soul rest in peace. > > sincerely, > Mayur > > . > > __,_._,___ > > > > -- > 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 2800 members & 2,65,000 messages on 31.3.17) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 12,000 species & 2,50,000 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 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.

