Hearty congratulations, dear Pankaj !!! Huge efforts !!! Regards. Dinesh On Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 6:38 AM Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:
> Kumar, P. (2024) Notes on Asian Orchidaceae – I: *Cremastra appendiculata* > var. appendiculata and *Hemipilia nana*. *Feddes Repertorium*, 135: > 258-269. https://doi.org/10.1002/fedr.202300042 > <https://doi.org/10.1002/fedr.202300042?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0l0WS46bm6BlGValjMU7trBfkhcFoR0jYMXD4dLBpZsWvJH5GyUAQ4Wik_aem__6EdGa7J8U8kQIGkxbCA1Q> > Finally the page and issue have been assigned to my article. The article > talks about two orchids. First orchid, *Nervilia gleadowii*, described > from India based on a single, 90 year old dry specimen of an immature, > incomplete and not so well preserved inflorescence. Studies reveal that the > orchid doesn't even belong to the genus it was originally assigned to, > and is in fact *Cremastra appendiculata* var. *appendiculata*. Second > orchid, Apetalanthe gracilis, was described from Vietnam by my dear orchid > brother, on the assumption that the flowers lacked petals. However, studies > revealed this entity to be the same as the one described around 120 years > ago from Sikkim Himalaya. The manuscript went through multiple rounds of a > very hardcore review process by eminent orchid experts in the world. > Special thanks to Prof. Gopal S. Rawat (my mentor), Dr. Jeewan Singh > Jalal, Dr. Manas Ranjan Debta, Dr. Avishek Bhattacharjee, Dr. Sachin > Sharma, Alister Pradhan, Dr. Huai Zhen Tian, Kinley Rabgay and Saroj > Kasaju, Prof. Leonid Averyanov, Prof. Maxin Nuraliev, Ba Vuong Truong, > Nguyen Thanh Luan and Prof. Xiaohua Jin, Dr. Kanchi N. Gandhi, Dr. Manudev > K. Mahadevan and Ravee Bhat for their help and support. > > -- > > *Pankaj Kumar* MSc, PhD, FLS > > IUCN-SSC Red List Authority for Orchids of Asia > > IUCN-SSC: Chinese Species Specialist Group, Orchid Specialist Group of > Asia, Global Trade Subgroup, Western Ghats Plant Specialist Group. Hong > Kong Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan > > *Institute of Environment, Florida International University **& **Fairchild > Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, Florida, USA* > > *email*: [email protected]; [email protected] | *Phone*: +1 806 > 317 7623 > -- 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/CABSQqC0a9-PUxaKrrgkk2PRUb%3DCT6eQ6Ooq5Nx0OYigLX7ToTQ%40mail.gmail.com.
