Well said Vijaysankar ji and others. Great work indeed. I wish I should participate in sorting the data. Will contact you Garg ji after some days....
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > 6000 species in 4 years...is really a great achievement! Congrats to one > and all members of eFI team. > It is estimated that there are nearly 20000 taxa of flowering plants in > India. Of these around 6000 are endemics and/or 'rare' species. > So, we have another about 8000 plant species around us that need to be > documented digitally. > I have a request to all our member friends.... > Please take pictures of ALL plants that you come across in your ways. No > matter if the flowers are large or small, showy or not, we should try to > capture them through our cameras. All life forms of plants...herbs, shrubs, > trees and climbers; epiphytes, parasites, aquatics and desert > plants...should be documented, in order to achieve "eflora of India". > Do not worry about identity of plants...take sufficient number of pictures > depicting all features of plants, including close-up shots of flowers. We > have great leaders and experts to help with identification. > We need more volunteers, explorers and experts from eastern India and > W.Ghats. > I really wish our leaders to organize special collection trips/camps to > these less-represented regions in order to maximize the number of species > considerably. > > Thank you > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Wow thats amazing. Garg sir, to tell you the truth, Flora of Delhi was >> written with around ~600 plants, ranchi with ~1200 plants, bhagalpur >> with ~800 plants, uttarakhand with around 5000 plants. >> Some one can do his phd with this information :)). >> Its really a great great achievement. I have no words. >> Regards >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Garg ji and friends >> > It is a great achievement for our group. We have photographic archives >> for >> > nearly 40 % of Flora of India, and that too only within 4 years of its >> > existence. With the pace at which new species are being added to our >> > database, it should become the premier resource for taxonomic research >> in >> > India. Congratulations to all. >> > >> > -- >> > 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 Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 5:56 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, Pankaj ji, >> >> 6000 different species. It doesn't include repetitions. >> >> >> >> On 3 November 2011 11:43, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> You mean 6000 different species or it includes repetitions? >> >>> Pankaj >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Nov 3, 2:06 pm, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> > Dear members, >> >>> > >> >>> > It's heartening to state again that *Efloraofindia is the largest >> >>> > google >> >>> > e-group in the world *in this field & the largest nature related >> >>> > e-group >> >>> > (and the most constructive) in India with more than 90,000 messages >> so >> >>> > far >> >>> > (unprecedented in Indian e-group history) & membership currently >> more >> >>> > than >> >>> > 1740 nos. >> >>> > >> >>> > The Efloraofindia website has now been updated upto 31th July'11.* >> **It >> >>> > has >> >>> > the largest database on net on Indian Flora with pictures of more >> than >> >>> > 6000 >> >>> > species.** *You can see it at any time >> >>> > athttps://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home >> >>> > >> >>> > Intent of this website is compilation of all the posts on >> >>> > 'efloraofindia' >> >>> > e- group along with providing other details so that it’s useful to >> all >> >>> > concerned as all the data about a particular species will be >> available >> >>> > under a single head & *easily searchable*. Correctness of data/ >> >>> > identification in the efloraofindia (indiantreepix) link is >> dependent >> >>> > on >> >>> > the members’ inputs in that particular link. Therefore, errors/ >> >>> > mistakes >> >>> > cannot be ruled out- everyone is requested to point them out for >> >>> > corrections by sending an e-mail to <[email protected]>. >> >>> > Efloraofindia e-group members can add comments about it after >> 'signing >> >>> > in' >> >>> > at the bottom of the page. >> >>> > >> >>> > Kudos to the moderators, experts & other members who are rendering >> >>> > selfless >> >>> > service on the group! >> >>> > I thank all the moderators, experts & members, who have made this >> >>> > endeavor >> >>> > possible for the benefit of everyone. >> >>> > -- >> >>> > 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(more than >> 1740 >> >>> > members & >> >>> > 90,000 messages on 31/10/11) or Efloraofindia >> >>> > website:https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/(with a >> species database >> >>> > of more than 6000 species). >> >>> > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds >> of >> >>> > India'. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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 (more than 1740 >> members & >> >> 90,000 messages on 31/10/11) or Efloraofindia website: >> >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> >> of more than 6000 species). >> >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> >> India'. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> ********************************************************************** >> "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" >> >> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> Conservation Officer >> >> Office: >> Flora Conservation Department >> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >> >> Residence: >> 36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun >> Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >> >> email: [email protected] >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) >> +852 9436 6251 (mobile) >> > > -- Dr Satish Phadke
