PoW looks more updated to me. Many of the Eriocaulon names are missing from WFO but available on PoW. Regards, Ritesh.
On Sun, May 5, 2019, 11:25 Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: > Rightly said Pankaj though I am not a botanist. I also follow PoW now a > days. > > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > On Sun, 5 May 2019 at 9:23 am, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> It is also obvious that the mistakes have been carried over from one >> website to other as their main database is same and the people working on >> both sites are almost the same. >> >> On Sunday, May 5, 2019, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I am Not saying that different bosses follow different taxonomy. They >>> all eventually have to follow the same. But every new boss wants the world >>> to be remember him by his contribution. They could have built it up on the >>> kew checklist but they didn’t. Obviously they have their own database. >>> Frankly, most of these bosses are not even taxonomists. >>> So when I study I look at their way and then I make my own way. Looking >>> at their websites saves a lot of my time. >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, May 5, 2019, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Sorry friends, I meant I have started using >>>> http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/, manitained by KEW and find it >>>> very useful.1,118,000 global plant names, 89,800 detailed >>>> descriptions, and 192,300 images. http://www.worldfloraonline.org/ seems >>>> to have more names. 1,324,109 names, 55,272 images, identification keys >>>> , 129,400 descriptions, 31,676 distributions and 1,153,608 references. >>>> It is >>>> I will check it for some days to find which is more robust and >>>> reliable. >>>> >>>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>>> Retired Associate Professor >>>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>>> Mob: 9810359089 >>>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 7:40 PM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I guess PoW is good. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you. >>>>> >>>>> Saroj Kasaju >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, 5 May 2019 at 8:12 am, Ushadi Micromini < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> good to know >>>>>> I will try to look up both, Anil and Gargji's links >>>>>> but I like Pankaj's choice and idea and use Anil's link >>>>>> >>>>>> on a personal note though, i think >>>>>> botanists have the luxury of such personal whims by bosses of one or >>>>>> two gardens >>>>>> cancer scientists on the other hand did not >>>>>> their classification could not be on a ie ONE boss's idea >>>>>> whim had no place, though i have witnessed some strong egos among >>>>>> caner guys >>>>>> but a consensus was always reached before end of the workshop days >>>>>> or patients would die >>>>>> because protocols were developed on a proper diagnosis and >>>>>> classification scheme >>>>>> >>>>>> i realize that to be fair to the botanists >>>>>> we must/i must acknowledge that plants hybridize and evolve at a far >>>>>> greater rate >>>>>> and every gardener or breeder of plants names a plant at his or her >>>>>> desire >>>>>> >>>>>> still there has to be a mechanism to reach consensus >>>>>> >>>>>> i am still a student >>>>>> and love it >>>>>> >>>>>> Usha di >>>>>> =========== >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 6:36 AM Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Kew has lot of free ideas. When a new boss comes, he or she wants to >>>>>>> do something new, discarding the old one. >>>>>>> They have literally stopped The Plant List. Soon they may stop the >>>>>>> website too. The Kew Checklist on the other hand is still working as it >>>>>>> is >>>>>>> handled by R. Govaerts. >>>>>>> So till the new director comes and gives another new idea? We are >>>>>>> bound to use Plants of the World. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sun, 5 May 2019 at 02:27, Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Garg ji, Plants of the World Onlone ( >>>>>>>> http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/??) is another good >>>>>>>> database developed by Kew Botanical Garden. It enlists mist of Indian >>>>>>>> plants. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sat 4 May, 2019, 9:34 PM J.M. Garg, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> *The Plant List* (TPL) was a working list of all known plant >>>>>>>>> species produced by the botanical community in response to Target 1 >>>>>>>>> of the >>>>>>>>> 2002-2010 Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC). TPL has been >>>>>>>>> static since 2013, but was used as the starting point for the >>>>>>>>> Taxonomic >>>>>>>>> Backbone of the * World Flora Online (WFO)*, and updated >>>>>>>>> information can be found at *www.worldfloraonline.org* >>>>>>>>> <http://www.worldfloraonline.org/>. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> WFO is being developed by a consortium of leading botanical >>>>>>>>> institutions worldwide in response to the 2011-2020 GSPC’s updated >>>>>>>>> Target >>>>>>>>> 1: to achieve an online Flora of all known plants by 2020. WFO >>>>>>>>> welcomes >>>>>>>>> feedback from users for improvements to its Taxonomic Backbone which >>>>>>>>> is >>>>>>>>> curated by a growing community of WFO Taxonomic Expert Networks >>>>>>>>> (TENs). >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> 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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