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 95,000 messages so far (unprecedented in Indian e-group history with around 18000 messages in past three months only) & membership currently around 1750 nos.
The Efloraofindia website has now been updated upto 31th August'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 at https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home. Persons, who regularly search for plant species, can add this link in their favorites. 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*. However, correctness of data/ identification in the efloraindia (earlier indiantreepix) links 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]>. Efloraindia e-group members can add comments about it after 'signing in' at the bottom of the page. What is more important is that thousands of observations of hundreds of our members (many of which one will not find documented anywhere) are available here & easily searchable through general web searches as well as search in the efloraofindia. And these are going to increase with every passing day. These original observations will be a treasure trove & will a delight to lot of people. With the pace at which new species are being added to our database, it should become the premier resource for taxonomic research in India. As the data is multiplying, we need more volunteers to take up this work. Details can be seen at https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/volunteers-required/volunteers-required 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'.
