Dear all It was an absolute pleasure to describe this Thunbergia kasajuana in honour of Mr Saroj Kumar Kasaju. I would like to thank efloraofIndia group and Garg ji for all the brilliant work you all have been doing. I think there are many more if we look at them closely. Here is the recent blog on the discoveries of new species on social media: https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/33585
Many thanks Bhaskar Dr Bhaskar Adhikari | Biodiversity Scientist: Temperate Asia Taxonomist | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | 20a Inverleith Row | Edinburgh | EH3 5LR |Scotland UK Tel.: +44 (131) 999 3009 | Fax: +44 (131) 248 2901 | RBGE website: www.rbge.org.uk<http://www.rbge.org.uk/> | Flora of Nepal website: www.floraofnepal.org<http://www.floraofnepal.org/> From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 8:56 AM To: Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> Cc: efloraindia <[email protected]>; Bhaskar Adhikari <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Thunbergia kasajuana Bh.Adhikari & J.R.I.Wood,sp.nov. Type: Nepal, Bhaktapur, Nagarkot, 2020 m, 6Sept. 2018, S. Kasaju 133 (holotype KATH; isotype E) Oh!!! What a discovery!!1 And what a day!!! Thanks, Saroj ji, I always knew you had it in you. Your persistence and wandering through the forests for decades and contributing selflessly is beyond imagination. Naming a species in your honour, is a great thing not only for you but to all of us in efloraofindia. (ETYMOLOGY. The specific epithet kasajuana honours Mr Saroj Kumar Kasaju, who first discovered and photographed the species. Mr Kasaju is a citizen scientist contributing to our understanding of the flora of Nepal by taking photos of plant species from Nepal and India. He was actively involved in the identification of this species) On Thu, 21 May 2020 at 12:51, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Happy to share with members! “I have a dream”- the famous line by Martin Luther King, always inspired me to have dreams and that no dream is too big or too small. And so a dream, a commoner like me dreamt of, has finally come true, by taking a small step towards the vast Flora world society. It is indeed a matter of great pleasure for a lay person like me to discover a new species of plant “Thunbergia kasajuana Bh.Adhikari & J.R.I.Wood '' within the valley of Nagarkot. This contribution towards the Flora world has been made possible by Dr. Bhaskar Adhikari. I would like to express my gratitude towards him for believing in me, for taking it to the summit and establishing my identity within the flora science world. It has all been made possible through your persistent follow up and encouragement. I would like to thank my lovely wife Meera for her constant selfless support, my two children Swastika and Sameer who always motivated me to follow my aspirations, and friends and relatives who encouraged me in different ways to pursue my hobby. This discovery is dedicated to my dear Father Bhairab Ram Kasaju and mother Julum Kasaju, my birthplace Chautara, Sindupalchok and the Kasaju community. (PDF) Thunbergia kasajuana, a new species of Acanthaceae ...www.researchgate.net › publication › 341404773_Thunb...<https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi7hMuTocTpAhVYfSsKHW0aAkMQFjAAegQIARAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fpublication%2F341404773_Thunbergia_kasajuana_a_new_species_of_Acanthaceae_from_Nepal&usg=AOvVaw3bTQx7DFG4y4Db2UBan_cw>Thank you. Saroj Kasaju -- 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 2,50,000 images are directly displayed on 31.1.20). 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/LO2P265MB1583E84CE83BF9BC94578FB5FB850%40LO2P265MB1583.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.
