Pankaj ji The type images did get uploaded both times. I have not seen Almeida's Flora and don't know whether the mistake is just in attaching image/illustration, or he has committed errors even in description. If it is only a matter of wrong labelling of image, it can be easily understood. I remember when found illustration of Prinsepia utilis wrongly labelled in Wealth of India. In Royle's original book on Himalayan plants, he had called left image as b and right as a whereas the legend was opposite, so that name of left picture appeared under the right picture. While this was copied in wealth of India Prinsepia utilis carried the name of another plant (perhaps Prunus cornuta). I wrote about it to the Editor of Wealth of India, who first tried to give me the explanation, but when I gave him the real reason for error in Wealth of India, He promised to correct it. I don't know whether it was carried out.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Sorry my attachment didnt upload. I am uploading it again. > > I agree with Ms. Smita's point, it can be typographic error. Sometimes > just today happened with me, I wrote description of an orchid under > the name of different species unknowingly. > > But, my point was something different. To confirm the identity of a > species we should first try to look at the original description and > then we may think of looking the latter descriptions from other floras > or whatever publication we get. Other floras may be wrong, but the > first description or the type description is the best thing to look > into. Now a days lots of original references are available on net. > Trust me, they are more easily available than Flora of Maharastra!! of > Flora of India fascicles by BSI....that too for free!! You just need > to search on internet. > > Yes, for daily use purpose, you may use the local floras whatever is > available. > Thank you and hope my point will be taken in good spirits. > > Regards > Pankaj > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India > > > rent >
