You are right! Still people (some, espl students) have the tendency of collecting more number of samples of rare and threatened species. Because they think that they can not collect it again elsewhere so they want to collect as much as possible (and sometimes howmuchever available in that place!). *Nepenthes khasiana *is an another examples of species getting more threatened owing to scientific collections. Their representation in the herbaria will be higher than in the living condition. The lab attenders and the heads of Botany department in colleges and universities should think about it and make necessary steps to minimize the collection of these botanically curious and interesting species.
Perhaps Gurcharan ji and Balkar ji may wish to throw more light on this (serious) issue. Regards ---------------------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. Post Doctoral Research Associate National Center for Natural Products Research Thad Cochran Research Center University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 Phone: +1 662 915 1018 On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > There is a recent article in current science by Dr. A K Bhatnagar from > DU about unscrupulous collection of herbarium and plant specimens by > college students and he has specially mentioned about frequent trips > of DU botany students to Panchamarhi!!! > > Yes Vijay, we will go there sometimes when you are back at home in India. > > Pankaj > > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thank you all for sharing your personal experiences with Isoetes. > > Pankaj, i remembered your recent anecdote about Rumphius (!!!). Don't > worry, > > if you have missed, someone will publish all these plants soon!!! and > will > > honour you perhaps! (lol). > > Dear Gurcharan ji & Tanay, Pachmarhi is one of the places i always wanted > to > > survey. Still awaiting for the opportunities! > > Regards > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. > > Post Doctoral Research Associate > > National Center for Natural Products Research > > Thad Cochran Research Center > > University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 > > Phone: +1 662 915 1018 > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 8:12 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> i have also seen Isoetes in Panchmari and have also collected it > >> a few population grows around the Panchamri Lake which is a man made > >> water body. > >> Tanay > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 5:17 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Very interestingly, I collected my only Isoetes in Ranchi and had it > >>> alive for few days in my aquarium thinking it to be some Vallisneria. > >>> But it died and after that I realised it was not a grass at all. I > >>> hated the plant at that time.....why? dont know why, but all my fishes > >>> in the aquarium died in one night after I had planted this in the > >>> aquarium!! > >>> > >>> Then I think I missed my second Isoetes during my field work in > >>> Palamau district, this time an epiphytic one. God!! even Dr. Aparna > >>> says, I have missed many new species, more than anyone else has even > >>> been able to describe. This was with reference to the fact that I have > >>> missed describing two new genera and two more new species of orchids!! > >>> > >>> It could really have been a new species. > >>> Panchamarhi has been very famous for many plants which also includes, > >>> Psilotum nudum!! I imagine this Satpura hypothesis has something very > >>> unique about this area. > >>> > >>> Thanks a lot for sharing. > >>> > >>> Pankaj > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > Vijayasankar ji > >>> > Thanks for sharing. We first saw this genus in Pachmarhi, but > >>> > unfortunately > >>> > there no digital cameras then, 30 years back. > >>> > -- > >>> > 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 Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 10:04 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> > >>> > wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >> Nice photo. looks similar to grass. > >>> >> > >>> >> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:14 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> > >>> >> wrote: > >>> >>> > >>> >>> A great contrast Vijaya Ji > >>> >>> Tanay > >>> >>> > >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Vijayasankar > >>> >>> <[email protected]> > >>> >>> wrote: > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> Isoetus species (may be I. coromandelina). > >>> >>>> For non-botanists friends: this plant may look like a grass or > sedge > >>> >>>> but > >>> >>>> it belongs to a primitive group of plants 'pteridophyte'. It > >>> >>>> propagates > >>> >>>> through 'spores' and it doesn't know what flowers & fruits are! It > >>> >>>> prefers > >>> >>>> to grow in marshy habitats. > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> Regards > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------- > >>> >>>> Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. > >>> >>>> Post Doctoral Research Associate > >>> >>>> National Center for Natural Products Research > >>> >>>> Thad Cochran Research Center > >>> >>>> University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 > >>> >>>> Phone: +1 662 915 1018 > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> -- > >>> >>> Tanay Bose > >>> >>> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > >>> >>> Department of Botany. > >>> >>> University of British Columbia . > >>> >>> 3529-6270 University Blvd. > >>> >>> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > >>> >>> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > >>> >>> 604-822-2019 (Lab) > >>> >>> [email protected] > >>> >>> > >>> >> > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> *********************************************** > >>> "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 > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Tanay Bose > >> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > >> Department of Botany. > >> University of British Columbia . > >> 3529-6270 University Blvd. > >> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > >> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > >> 604-822-2019 (Lab) > >> [email protected] > >> > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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 >
