Dear Mr. Porcher We would be looking forward to your contributions in Rutaceae Week next month, where of course Citrus being the most prominent genus would be the centre of attaction. I hope with your participation the week should be really fascinating.
-- 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:01 AM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding pl. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: <[email protected]> > Date: 10 April 2012 09:00 > Subject: upcoming Citrus week > To: [email protected] > > > Dear J.M. Garg, > > I stumbled upon an old discussion string regarding Citrus in general and > Mosambi in particular. > In the past few months I have made much progress towards my own > "de-confusion" or clarification of mind. > I think that, as far as names are concerned, I can bring a little > leadership in the coming Citrus week. > I would suggest first that whenever a name is mentioned, at the very least > its original location should be mentioned, its corresponding name in script > (as opposed to the ever misleading romanised version) should be given, and > if possible the matching botanical name. I can provide much of what would > be missing but we may wish to limit ourselves to short lists. At this point > it is not helpful to check my MMPND pages on "Sorting Citrus names" but I > will mention when a more reliable string of names is being posted on that > site. I truely believe that our discussion group has the potential to > sort most of the nomenclatural confusion in regards to Citrus. It may > take more than a week though, especially if people send a lot of photos. > 2 examples of resolved names in Bengali and Hindi: > মোসাম্বি (Mōsāmbi) -> *Citrus* × *sinensis *(L.) Osbeck 'Mosambi' > मौसम्बी Mausambee -> *Citrus sinensis* (L.) Osbeck (*Navel* Group) > -> *Citrus* × *sinensis *(L.) Osbeck 'Mosambi' > This simply proves that one has to look further down than the generic > level in order to clarify the vernacular, especially when dealing with > cultivated food plants. > > Anyhow feel free to pass this on to whomever. > > Thanks > KInd regards > Michel > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > 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 1840 members & > 1,10,000 messages on 31/3/12) 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'. > >
