Thanks Garg ji. It is heartening !! Regards. Dinesh On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 6:08 PM J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear members, > It's heartening to reiterate that *Efloraofindia* > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!forum/indiantreepix>* > is the largest google e-group/ forum in the world *in this field & the > largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with > around 3,19,500 messages so far & membership currently around 3050 nos. > > efloraofindia (eFI in short) website > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> is one of the biggest > non-commercial site, one of its kind in the world & also without > advertisements, based on the collection of photographic images of wild > plants, where no money or professional organisation is involved except for > the selfless efforts of its members from diverse backgrounds. It is > documenting flora of India that is being discussed on efloraofindia > google e-group <http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix> along with > supplementing the working of the group.* It also has the largest database > on net on Indian Flora with more than 12,000 species (along with more than > 3,00,000 pictures)*, from some of the best Flora Photographers of India. > Members > should add Efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> website > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> link in their > favourites & give species’ links from this while posting or replying in a > thread as lot of discussed data is already available here. > Intent of this website is compilation of all the posts on 'efloraofindia' > e- group along with providing other details so that it’s useful to all > concerned as all the data about a particular species will be available > under a single head & *easily searchable*. However, correctness of data/ > identification in the efloraofindia (earlier indiantreepix) links is > dependent on the members’ inputs in that particular link. Therefore, > errors/ mistakes cannot be ruled out-everyone is requested to point them > out for corrections by sending an e-mail to <itpm...@googlegroups.com>. > Efloraofindia e-group members can also add comments about it after > 'signing in' at the bottom of the page. > Surfing efi has become much easier with subpage listings > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/6IzqedrJNzE>. Members > are now allowed to insert images in efi site > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/b-pOaDL70Vk> from > efi e-group discussions. There has been tremendous response to this > initiative & we now have images on all species pages. We have > simultaneously started displaying these at genera & family pages with > comparative images of various species for easy identification (about 170 > families already completed). Insertion of images will also increase the > accuracy of efloraofindia database > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/6zAgQd5DD3s>. *More > than > 1,50,000 unique images have already been inserted.* > > More important is the fact that thousands of observations of hundreds of > our members are available here (many of which one will not find documented > anywhere) & easily searchable through general web searches (after adding > efloraofindia) as well as by searching in the Efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> website > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home>. And these are going > to increase with every passing day. These original observations will be a > treasure trove & will a delight to a lot of people. With the pace at which > new species are being added to our database, it should become the premier > resource for taxonomic research in India. As the data is multiplying, we > need more volunteers to take up this work. Details can be seen at Volunteers > required > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/volunteers-required/volunteers-required>. > > > For better viewing of species' pages, colour scheme & formatting is being > followed as at the footer of every efloraofindia page. > > These days a lot of inf. about Indian Flora is available under Cc-by > license <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_licenses> (Licensees > may copy, distribute, display and perform the work and make derivative > works based on it only if they give the author or licensor the credits in > the manner specified by these). Due credits/ attributions are to be given. > Such sources include Wikipedia, India Biodiversity Portal, IUCN Red List, > PFAF, Flora of Tibet website, IBIS Flora etc. I am trying to add such > inf. with due credits. I am also trying to add keys & summarizing the > information at the top of the page (for the pages I am coming across while > adding information from current threads). Genera pages are also cleaned up > so that species (due to wrong botanical names or being syn. of some other > species) are deleted or properly connected as per the current accepted > name along with references. Future eFI genera pages will be like > *Cyanotis* > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/cl/commelinaceae/cyanotis> > depending > upon the time we get, as & when we update a genus page so that we are aware > which are the species which are likely to be found in India (depending on > the net resources) & which are already available in eFI. > > Kudos & thanks to The Pillars > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/pillars-of-efloraofindia>, > Subject/ Area Experts > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/subject-experts>, > Moderators > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/moderators>, Major > contributors > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/major-contributors> & > other members who are rendering selfless service on the group & made this > endeavour possible for the benefit of everyone. > -- > 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). 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