---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dr E S Santhosh Kumar <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2021 at 14:00 Subject: Re: [itpmods:15936] Fwd: What is the secret behind so many endemic species in Kerala ? To: itpmods <[email protected]>
Yes GargJi, this is what I too felt nowadays 🤣 On Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 13:10 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > I somehow have the feeling that only one out of the 10 species published > currently, may stand the scrutiny of time and remain as a valid species and > not relegated as a synonym. > I do not know how others feel about it. Hard core taxonomists may give a > better estimate. > > On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 at 13:03, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 > "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%2BiuSFBxq%2BvJa2e66i5PcXSMkHg%3DjwvjfyRQaO175zsr%2BsfKRw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFBxq%2BvJa2e66i5PcXSMkHg%3DjwvjfyRQaO175zsr%2BsfKRw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ITPmods" group. 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