-- With regards, J. M. Garg ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Saroj Kasaju <kasajusa...@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 17 Jul, 2020, 5:51 pm Subject: Re: [itpmods:14253] Fwd: Beware- How POWO shows distribution on Maps ? To: itpmods <itpm...@googlegroups.com>
That is the case with Nepal also. Many species recorded in Nepal is not reflected in the distribution map. Thank you. Saroj Kasaju On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 1:53 PM J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 at 13:37 > Subject: Beware- How POWO shows distribution on Maps ? > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > Cc: Tabish <tabi...@gmail.com> > > > Dear members, > POWO shows distribution of species on Maps, which can be very misleading > for India. > Just to give an example, Dicliptera nasikensis is distributed in Nasik > district of Maharashtra only as per Catalogue of Life > <https://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/d4150c36cdc51f36cc0ceb7d56bd60ed> > and Flora of Peninsular India > <http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=102&cat=7>. > However, if you see it in POWO > <http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:930319-1>, > its map will show as if it is distributed all over India except for Assam > and Himalayas. On clicking Full Distribution Listing under it, it says > Native to India. > As per my experience with it, it has divided India into four regions- *India, > Assam, West Himalaya *and* East Himalaya. * > So it is found in Nasik or Maharashtra only, it will show the area as > shown at POWO > <http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:930319-1> > and > similarly for other three regions. > So beware- don't think it is distributed all over India and be careful. > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > -- > 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 itpmods+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFC9mVWmnzrU1PRbxxExaforR%3DQ%2BQVytcd0B6hL7veS5Pg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFC9mVWmnzrU1PRbxxExaforR%3DQ%2BQVytcd0B6hL7veS5Pg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 itpmods+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CAEf%3DytRji%2BCV18VfAxCmZ5K2ZSCmPHj8A0_fYBFOBBC%2BgmYQfw%40mail.gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CAEf%3DytRji%2BCV18VfAxCmZ5K2ZSCmPHj8A0_fYBFOBBC%2BgmYQfw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFBEaYe7VA3YvH1YwN1Q1tukU-g9GA%3DhxFH2_CN-dxPScw%40mail.gmail.com.
