Kudos Garg ji. This is a very meticulous job, and a herculean task that you are doing. Thank you very much. Regards. Dinesh
On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 9:48 AM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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'. > > -- > > > > --

