---------- Forwarded message --------- From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2021 at 13:03 Subject: Re: [itpmods:15933] Fwd: What is the secret behind so many endemic species in Kerala ? To: itpmods <[email protected]>
Thanks a lot, Santhosh ji. You have explained the things so well. On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 at 13:00, Dr E S Santhosh Kumar < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > The question " What is the secret behind so many endemic species in > Kerala? " raised by Gargji has several answers. The first reason has been > very well explained by SanthanJi. Secondly, the flora of Kerala has been > well explored and documented and every part of the state has been > thoroughly explored and the important findings were published in time. > There are certain exceptions that a few new gen botanists described the > already known species in many foreign journals as new species again. Sadly > in several cases the reviewers never known about it. In the recent climatic > change scenario, several ephemerals become annuals or biennials or even > perennials through several perennating mechanism. Such species often > mistakenly described new during recent times from Kerala. Genera such as > Impatiens, Sonerila, Strobilanthes etc are having several species grow > together in a biome often have a chance of exchange genes by interbreeding > between them. The F1 generation often having characters of both parents and > also possessing certain unique characters of themselves. It is called > Nothospecies. Such characters never having a chance of continue over > generations. Some of the new gen botanists described such taxa as novelties > to science. There are several hidden agenda behind it. Certain exotic > species naturalized in Kerala years ago show several ecological traits also > described novelties recently. Unnecessary addition of fictitious > novelties increased the number of endemics in Kerala. I have prepared a > list of such 'paper species', but wont like to publish in such a public > forum. Let some experts in respective fields should tackle the issue. > Thanks > > > On Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 12:25 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> >> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2021 at 11:25 >> Subject: What is the secret behind so many endemic species in Kerala ? >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> Dear members, >> While browsing through Flora of Peninsular India, I generally found that >> Kerala is having so many endmics (including narrow endemics with >> distribution shown in only one place or district) compared to >> other states like Tamil Nadu and Karnataka etc. >> What can be the reason behind it ? >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFDuUnUNfXhf%3Dd7xtrbMTwVrGAKg-wNjUCKfnfMkQeZ%2BDQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFDuUnUNfXhf%3Dd7xtrbMTwVrGAKg-wNjUCKfnfMkQeZ%2BDQ%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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BBiB1LEQ6CEUHZOShWZdqe8vrtArwpkzuQRAv95j27s5PJwqA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BBiB1LEQ6CEUHZOShWZdqe8vrtArwpkzuQRAv95j27s5PJwqA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- 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/CA%2BiuSFCa9ijJfGONHNksP0fduNv3bOGc00aA58o%2BWCpRUafmrg%40mail.gmail.com.
