Congrats, Pravin ji, I have all along been emphasizing that our members in association with the experts can bring out many new species to the fore though credit may or may not go to the original photographer.
On 2 September 2012 20:23, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to use this VoF Week to share something with people on the > eFI group. > Pravin Kawale had visited Valley of Flowers in 2008, and photographed two > Impatiens species and sent to us at Flowers of India (see the attached > pictures). > We were stumped by the two flowers, and could not identify them (as it > turned out later, for obvious reasons). > Two years later, in 2010, these two were described as new species, *Impatiens > devendrae* and *Impatiens leggei*! > Wonderful job by Pravin! > - Tabish > > -- > > > > -- 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 1950 members & 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 7000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. --
