Hearty congratulations, dear Pankaj, and all team. Regards. Dinesh On Thursday, 29 June 2023 at 19:47:41 UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote:
> Great work, Pankaj ji > -- > With regards, > J. M. Garg > > On Thu, 29 Jun, 2023, 19:36 Pankaj Kumar, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Respected sir and dear friends: >> >> Here is a link to one of my new articles which covers two aspects. >> >> Amerasinghe, K., N. Weerasinghe, M. Abeysinghe, C. Bandara, K.P. Wojtas & >> P. Kumar. 2023. Gastrochilus flabelliformis (Blatt. & McCann) C.J.Saldanha >> (Epidendroideae: Vandeae: Aeridinae), an addition to the orchid flora of >> Sri Lanka, with taxonomic notes on Gastrochilus dasypogon (Sm.) Kuntze. >> Feddes Repertorium 134 (2): online first; >> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371936357_Gastrochilus_flabelliformis_Blatt_McCann_CJSaldanha_Epidendroideae_Vandeae_Aeridinae_an_addition_to_the_orchid_flora_of_Sri_Lanka_with_taxonomic_notes_on_Gastrochilus_dasypogon_Sm_Kuntze >> As the file is big, it wont go to the group on email. >> >> Firstly, a species that was first seen 20 years back and remained >> unidentified. In 2017 some images of the fresh plant were sent to me from >> Sri Lanka by Dr. Kumudu Amerasinghe, and I requested my dear friend Dr. >> Champika Bandara to have a look at the plant, dissect and photograph if >> possible. With the help of another dear friend, Dr. Philip Wojtas, we >> confirmed the identity of this plant as Gastrochilus flabelliformis, a new >> and authentic record of this entity from Sri Lanka, that was earlier >> considered endemic to South India. Sri Lankan friends were also able to >> propagate this plant through in-vitro seed culture for conservation >> purposes. >> >> Second part is like a game called “Chinese Whispers” or “Telephone”, >> where a word or sentence is communicated from one person to another, and >> the meaning of original word or sentence is lost. In our case a very >> detailed painting existed based on which a species was named, Saccolabium >> dasypogon 190 years ago in 1833 (later transferred to genus Gastrochilus in >> 1891 as Gastrochilus dasypogon). Copies were made of this painting, >> however, each copy differed from the original. This caused problems in the >> identification of this species later on, depending on who accessed which >> copy of this painting. In this manuscript we rectify this issue by >> invalidating the copies of the original painting and also show to the world >> how variable this entity is. >> >> Hope you will find it interesting. >> Best regards >> Pankaj >> >> >> -- >> >> *Pankaj Kumar* MSc, PhD, FLS >> >> IUCN-SSC Red List Authority for Orchids of Asia >> >> IUCN-SSC: China Species Specialist Group, Orchid Specialist Group of >> Asia, >> >> Global Orchid Trade Group, Western Ghats Plant Specialist Group >> >> *Department of Plant and Soil Science, **Texas Tech University, Lubbock, >> TX 79409 USA* >> >> *email*: [email protected]; [email protected] | *Phone*: +1 806 317 >> 7623 <(806)%20317-7623> (USA); +852 9436 6251 (Hong Kong) >> >> -- >> 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/CABpo8%3D0Ncm%3D8WbZZReLFCJ7XiA7LAyXYGZ%2BntUxmemqLC%2BWFOQ%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABpo8%3D0Ncm%3D8WbZZReLFCJ7XiA7LAyXYGZ%2BntUxmemqLC%2BWFOQ%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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/e34956fc-1ee7-4e22-a51b-937e5b4cfb52n%40googlegroups.com.
