What you said is exactly Garg Ji, I am also thinking both keys have equal importance and my self learning the same way, many times without photograph I can't move with the text and when I have seen the image only will fix the meaning of the terms in keys.... Thank you, With regards.
On Tue, 3 Mar 2020 at 12:44, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 at 10:54 > Subject: Re: [itpmods:13659] Fwd: Photographic and textual keys are > complementary > To: itpmods <[email protected]> > > > Yes very true > But what I have also learnt from the beginning, if you working on plants > of a particular area, try to locate locate a local, make > preliminary identification using its keys and text, then locate a more > comprehensive recent flora (say Flora of India) to confirm or clear doubts, > compare also with comprehensive Floras of adjoining regions (say eFlora of > Pakistan eFlora of China). > About which database to follow, I am not very sure, because most of > the time major databases have different taxonomic and nomenclatural > treatment. We have to decide on one and follow it consistently. > > > > > > 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 > https://sing96.wixsite.com/mysite-1 > > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 9:51 AM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Same with me also Mr. Garg but I am not yet ready for perfect match >> through keys. Still learning! >> >> Thank you. >> >> Saroj Kasaju >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 10:03 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> >>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 at 09:48 >>> Subject: Photographic and textual keys are complementary >>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> Dear members, >>> When ever I get stuck with photographic keys in efi site, textual keys >>> comes to my rescue. similarly when I am stuck with textual keys, >>> photographic keys comes to my rescue. >>> Deciphering textual keys becomes easier if we also we have photographic >>> keys and vice-versa. >>> Some members may be more comfortable with photographic keys and others >>> with textual ones and vice-versa. >>> Thus, photographic and textual keys are complementary. >>> We, at efi site, are trying to have both either directly or through >>> links. >>> It is always good to have both. >>> -- >>> 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 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >>> 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). >>> >>> 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'. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >>> 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). >>> >>> 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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