congratulations ....its an huge service to all plant lovesr and taxonomists
On Tuesday, May 8, 2012 4:48:09 PM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > Dear members, > > It's heartening to reiterate 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 1,15,000 > messages so far & membership currently more than 1860 nos. > > The Efloraofindia website has now been updated upto 30th April'12 along > with completion of resurfacing work upto this date except for the *t*hreads > from 1.11.11 to 29.2.12 (which are also updated slowly). *It has the > largest database on net on Indian Flora with a few lakhs of pictures of > more than 6500 species.** *You can see it at any time at > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home. Members should add this > link in their favourites & give species’ links from this while posting or > replying in a thread as lot of discussed data is already available here.This > will also help the site move up in search results. > > > 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 efloraofindia (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 <itpm...@googlegroups.com>. > Efloraofindia e-group members can add comments about it after 'signing in' > at the bottom of the page. > > More important is the fact 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 (after > adding efloraofindia) 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 & thanks to the moderators, experts & other members who are > rendering selfless service on the group & made this endeavour possible for > the benefit of everyone. > -- > 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 1860 members & > 1,15,000 messages on 30/4/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > >
