Dear Dr. Gurcharan Singh, Many thanks for your considered views as well as the current work done on Solanaceae. What about field guides which describe common species and also provide keys up to family or genus levels? My questions are predicated by the absence of intermediate level books for the interested amateur. Regards, Mohan
On Jul 21, 7:21 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Mohan ji > Such an effort has already been initiated through great efforts of Garg ji > and Dinesh ji. We need to fill in information. A key to Indian genera of > Solanaceae has already been created: > > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/solanaceae > > Similarly key to the species of genus Solanum: > > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/solanacea... > > and a few species pages > > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/solanacea... > > Truly it is a great effort, but all need to contribute for such a great > project > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 7:35 AM, mchunkat <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear All, > > Are there any modern versions of the Flora and Fauna volumes? Has the > > BSI and ZSI put together anything similar? Was struck by it when > > looking at the recent Ziziphus thread where Dr. Balkar Singh had > > kindly appended a Flora of China pages for Ziziphus genus. Could the > > senior contributors give their reactions to starting a first ever user > > group generated comprehensive flora for the Indian region? Is this too > > ambitious a project? Was there any earlier thread on botanical terms > > and on how to use a dichotomous key? Thanks. > > Mohan Chunkath
