Yes Congratualtions and appreciation for dedication to PRavin, For remembering these to Tabish
do we have access to the pdfs of these two new descriptions and naming ? usha di On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Pravin ji ... this is a great joy. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Congrats Pravin ji....its really great to find the plants even before >> they were described scientifically!! >> So, I guess yours are the world's first pictures of these >> species!!!...great work!... >> Thanks Tabish ji for sharing this great info with all of us... >> >> Regards >> >> Vijayasankar Raman >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> University of Mississippi >> >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes Prashant, I remember that stimulating discussion. The species name >>> piggycornuta was proposed in good humour by Pankaj and I as it means >>> pig-tail, alluding to the small curled spur of that flower. :-) >>> - Tabish >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, September 2, 2012 11:11:07 PM UTC+5:30, Prashant wrote: >>> >>>> Yes Dear Tabish, it is indeed the great feeling. Pravin ji is no doubt >>>> a very keen observer. Finding something even before it is described is >>>> something worth cheering. >>>> >>>> Even his postings from Sahayadri ranges are unique. >>>> >>>> But one thing i would like to add here, i think it was in September >>>> 2010 after i returned from my Hampta Pass Trek (Manali region) and at the >>>> same time Tabish has returned from Dhanaulti, both with almost similar >>>> Impatiens sp. We had probably the longest discussion then where-in we had >>>> almost concluded that the Impatiens sp. we had seen is Impatiens devendrae. >>>> But then Pankaj ji and Tabish had more closer look and concluded that this >>>> is some thing different, probably some new sp. Even new name was thought of >>>> by Pankaj ji and Tabish (i.e Impatiens piggycornuta). >>>> Finally, with keen participation of all experts (Gurcharan Singh ji, >>>> Tabish, Pankaj ji, Tanay ji..) the ID was resolved and the ID turned out to >>>> be Impatiens bicolor. >>>> >>>> Great experience as far as i am concerned... >>>> >>>> Recent visit to VoF had finally solved the mystery of Impatiens >>>> devendrae. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Prashant >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> No, the species were described independently of Pravin's photographing >>>>> them. But the important point for us is that Pravin had found them two >>>>> years before they were described! >>>>> - Tabish >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, September 2, 2012 9:22:26 PM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, Tabish ji, >>>>>> Were these species described based on observations of Pravin ji & >>>>>> subsequent investigations/ analysis ? >>>>>> >>>>>> 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/**U**ser:Jmgarg1<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/ >>>>>> **w**iki/Category:J.M.Garg<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/**gro**up/indiantreepix<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/<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'. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > -- > > > > -- Usha di =========== --
