Dear members As already announced November First week focus will on members of family Apocynaceae (Dogbane family; including Asclepiadaceae- the milk weeds). Members are requested to share photographs of identified plants as well those meant for identification from this family during this week. Dr. Balkar Singh will coordinate this episode of monthly First week focus.
December focus will be on Grasses (coordinator Dr. Ritesh Choudhary), January 2011 Fruits and Vegetables (Coordinator Shri Dinesh Valke. Future episodes could include Rutaceae, Rosaceae, umbellifers, Acanthaceae, etc. Members are requested to suggest other such groups which have at least 100 species and preferably not more than 500 reported from India. You may also volunteer to coordinate a particular episode and indicate the month of your choice, so that it may be kept in the schedule. -- 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/
