Dr. Fraser-Jenkins is known for his harsh writings against Indian Pteridologists :P He authored one book titles, NEW SPECIES SYNDROME IN INDIAN PTERIDOLOGY but he never accepts his own mistakes in his books!! I hope his new book praises Indians :)) Pankaj
On Jul 29, 4:17 pm, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > In this protracted meandering writing.... > I could not find the link to the book, nor its review... > what's the point of this forwarded and reforawrded message, > Please tell me... > and can the original wrtiter send link to the book or its review? > > thanks, > USha di > === > > On Jul 29, 2:32 pm, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Forwarding pl. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Christopher Roy Fraser-Jenkins <[email protected]> > > Date: 26 July 2011 07:29 > > > ** > > > I have had the privilege of reviewing Ralf Knapp's new Taiwan fern book for > > the next Indian Fern Journal - it will knock one out when one sees it! > > Superb photos, comments and keys, many of them also species that are present > > in the Indo-Himalaya etc. It might be worth making an a small paper of > > comparison and comments on a few things that don't seem to be quite the same > > as what we call or called them here - because higher altitude Taiwan is very > > closely related floristically to the Himalaya - via the stepping-stone > > migration route along the series of mountain ranges across south China. > > Anyway, that's something we can think about. > > I do hope that within a few years we may have a similar photo book for the > > Indian subcontinent, too - Dr. Kholia and myself have been putting photos > > together for it for some years and hope to make a sort of > > photographic-plus-taxonomic Census-List, in memory of the late Dr. R.D. > > Dixit. But we both need more time in hand - and it would be great if we > > could have a co-author to help photograph in South India and Andhra Pradesh? > > All the best, > > Chris Fraser-Jenkins (still in Kathmandu so far!). > > > *From:* sumesh <[email protected]> > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Sent:* Monday, 25 July 2011, 18:42 > > *Subject:* [Indian-Ferns] Re: Taiwan fern images in web albums > > > Dear Dr. Ralf, > > > Thank you for sharing the wonderful pictures with the group. All the > > pictures are very nice. > > > Also, congratulations and good wishes for your book which gives a very > > comprehensive information about this wonderful group of plants. > > > I hope that in near future, many more researchers come forward to take up > > research in Pteridology and enhance the existing knowledge and information. > > > Regards. > > > Sumesh Dudani > > Research Scholar, > > Energy and Wetlands Research Group, > > Centre for Ecological Sciences, > > Indian Institute of Science, > > Bangalore, Karnataka, India. > > Web -http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy/ > > > --- In [email protected], "knapp_ralf" <knapp_ralf@...> wrote: > > > > Dear all, > > > > Though pictures are hosted on Picasa (which is a system competing with > > Yahoo's Flickr), you can find pteridophyte and gymnosperm photos for the > > Taiwan flora. All albums are public, so no log-in is required for viewing: > > > >https://picasaweb.google.com/116136418529949606360?feat=email > > > > All the best, > > > > Ralf, Taipei > > > __._,_.___ > > Reply to > > sender<[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Taiwan%20fern%20book>| > > Reply > > to group > > <[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Taiwan%20fern%20book>| > > Reply > > via web > > post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indian-Ferns/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJwNmxsZHA3...>| > > Start > > a New > > Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indian-Ferns/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmdmg1OWNl...> > > Messages in this > > topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indian-Ferns/message/349;_ylc=X3oDMTMzO...>( > > 3) > > Recent Activity: > > > Visit Your > > Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indian-Ferns;_ylc=X3oDMTJmc2Q0anNiBF9TA...> > > [image: Yahoo! > > Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJlZTlybG4wBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycEl...> > > Switch to: > > Text-Only<[email protected]?subject=Change+Delivery+Format:+Traditional>, > > Daily > > Digest<[email protected]?subject=Email+Delivery:+Digest>• > > Unsubscribe <[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> • > > Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> > > . > > > __,_._,___ > > > -- > > With regards, > > J.M.Garg ([email protected])http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > > alphabetically & > > place-wise):http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can > > also use them > > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google > > e-group:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix(morethan 1630 > > members & > > 73,000 messages on 30/6/11) or Efloraofindia > > website:https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/(witha species database > > of > > around 5000 species)
