Thanks, Pankaj ji. You are perfectly right in saying this until we have lot of sites giving accurate information with pictures. However, there is no denying that ultimately we have to rely on Type materials and its literature on final say. If anyone goes through both of these there is a lot more clarity in one's mind, which researchers should definitely do.
On 1 September 2018 at 15:39, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Apart from common people even researchers now a days feel that > identification of plants is a kids game and they restrict themselves from > undertaking such research work and instead search for pics and info on > google. WHICH IS NOT GOOD FOR SCIENCE!! > Few years back I met one so called aspiring PhD student who told me that > he doesn’t want to do CHHOTA KAAM like taxonomy and ethnobotany. > I am not saying that our eflora is not important. What I mean to say is > such attitude of researchers is not good for science. > Our efloraofindia india is a selfless effort to organise a huge knowledge > bank which no one can ever replace. > > > On Saturday, September 1, 2018, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> Date: 1 September 2018 at 12:53 >> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:303613] Flora Identifications- more and more >> reliance on net >> To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> >> Cc: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> I fully agree with your thoughts, Garg ji. >> Me as a plain naturalist, would always like to see more and more pictures >> showing characteristic and differentiating features of genus and close >> species be put together for comparison. >> Also, those plants which look confusingly similar, have to be put >> together for sake of comparison. >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 11:07 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear members, >>> With omnipresent mobile and net, I have the feeling that people are more >>> and more going to rely on net in their identifications rather than books >>> etc. >>> I always remember and appreciate Rawat ji's words in this matter- a >>> picture says more than a thousand words. Photographs are so beautiful and >>> give so much details that it will always be difficult for any herbarium >>> specimen or a book to match. These are so easy to comprehend even to a >>> layman. >>> Our group and site is surely going to play a major role in this as far >>> as Indian Flora is concerned. With increased focus on accuracy (which is >>> only going to increase with passing time), I do not see a day far when our >>> top taxonomists will appreciate its value and rely on its identifications. >>> -- >>> 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- more than 2975 members & 3,00,000 messages on 25.7.18) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which 1,00,000 >>> are directly displayed). >>> >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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- more than 2975 members & 3,00,000 messages on 25.7.18) or >> Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which 1,00,000 >> are directly displayed). >> >> 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 >> "ITPmods" 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/itpmods. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > ************************************************************ > ********************************************************** > *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. > *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* > > *Office*: > > Orchid Conservation Section > > Flora Conservation Department > > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong S.A.R., China > > *email*: [email protected]; [email protected] > *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 > (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ITPmods" 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/itpmods. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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>. 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