Hearty congratulations Dr Pnkaj Kumar ji. Thanks & Regards, On Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 7:36:34 PM UTC+5:30 Pankaj Kumar 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/74dd22f7-9b09-447d-9635-9a8d70adf873n%40googlegroups.com.
