Heartiest Congratulations Pankaj !! one more feather in your crown On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 at 8:11 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/e34956fc-1ee7-4e22-a51b-937e5b4cfb52n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Smita Raskar 308 Disha Residency, Salaiwada,Sawantwadi Mob.09422379568 -- 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/CABDcxeBQfY9J_2qvnx9jCs7Aa%2BCLTTiaUbmEe4c4-4fPSgb_oA%40mail.gmail.com.
