Dear members
Balkar ji started a focus on members of members of family Convolvulaceae.
This was followed up by a weekend focus on Cucurbits, which gave us a good
insight into the diversity within the group. After discussion within the
moderator group it has been decided to observe a monthly week, in the first
week of every month starting with Monday (on whatever date it comes) and
ending with Sunday, when we will discuss a particular group, even the
species already in the database and and members will upload their
photographs of identified as well as unidentified plants of that group.
Considering the diversity and size of various taxa, the focus group can be a
Family, a group of families, a genus, or a subgroup within the family having
at least 100 species reported from India, but not more than 500, so that the
group can be covered adequately.
It has been decided to have the November week (starting with First
November, which incidentally falls on Monday) focus on Apocynaceae
(including Asclepiadaceae). Dr. Balkar Singh ji will be the coordinator for
this episode. December week will focus Grasses (the group inspite of being
very large, is given episode in light of the fact that very few members are
generally well versed with grasses) to be coordinated by Dr. Ritesh Kumar
Chouodhary ji, January, 2011 week will focus Vegetables and Fruits, to be
coordinated by Dinesh Valke ji.
Members are requested give their suggestions regarding future episodes,
and volunteer to coordinate the group of their choice.
I request maximum participation by members in these episodes, and can
collect and save photographs of relevant groups for discussion during the
week.
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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/
