Dear all: a very good idea... for those of us who are Botanists or Taxonomists or those of the members who have been doing this for a while... this may be a second nature to refer to APG III....
I have always included it if I know the id for sure... but often, in my ignorance of the system, do not even have clue as to what family my plant may belong to... so its NOT possible... Wonderful initiative, Dr. Singh... I have another request... I would appreciate if old and new ... botanists or not, members would PLEASE follow the guidelines and submit their ID requests with a UNIQUE subject line and use the COPY and Paste format provided by Garg ji... at this url.... https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/posting-guidelines It should include ALL.... members... Usha di =========== On Nov 24, 9:58 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear members > It has often been felt that knowing the family name of a plant helps a lot > in further understanding of the plants that are uploaded by different > members. Whereas it may not always be possible to know the family name for > photographs meant for ID (although many of us often indicate family name or > genus name, if we know it), the members sharing already identified plants > mostly know the name of the family. They are requested to indicate the name > of the family and any additional information that they find convenient to > share. With large majority of our members being nonbotanists, such > information will be very useful for most members. It may also help in > further discussion on the plant. > It would be convenient and useful for all if the family name supplied > is in accordance with APG III, followed in all major databases such as > GRIN, The Plant List, Wikipedia, TROPICOS, etc. This will avoid any > contradictions. > > -- > 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/
