Thanks, Balkar ji & Vijayasankar ji. Best part is I am able to keep it uptodate along with resurfacing the pending Id requests with in a week along with properly formatting the recently updated pages. But credit for it mainly goes to our experts who identify most of the species & keep me occupied.
On 9 September 2012 09:38, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > Congrats Garg ji...its tremendous! > Kudos to your dedication and selfless efforts... > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Great Work Garg Ji. Salute to You >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 9:21 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> 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 1,29,400 >>> messages so far & membership currently more than 1950 nos. >>> >>> The Efloraofindia website has now been updated upto 31st August'12 along >>> with completion of resurfacing work upto this date except for the *t*hreads >>> from 10.1.12 to 29.2.12 (which are also updated slowly). *It has the >>> largest database on net on Indian Flora with more than 1,50,000 pictures of >>> more than 7000 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> For better viewing of species' pages, different colour scheme & >>> formatting is being followed as below: Description of the species, Details >>> of other species on the same page, Uses, Distribution/Location, Habit & >>> Habitat, Etymology & pronunciation, Other Interesting Information, >>> stories etc., Others, *Botanical names*, *Common names,* *Main point of >>> discussion.* >>> >>> 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 < >>> [email protected]>. 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 endeavor 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 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'. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > -- 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'. --
