Thanks a lot sir for the information. We are well aware of your expertise and I on behalf of other moderators will certainly be happy to increase our knowledge from your selfless contributions. I have myself been running away from Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Euphorbiaceae since long as I find them tough, but with you on the group I am sure I will get to learn more. Best regards Pankaj
On Thursday, 8 November 2012 23:47:19 UTC+8, tchakrab wrote: > > Dear Garg Saab, > Thank you for your message. I think Ushadi Micromini is ignorant of Plant > Taxonomy and he/she has no faith on Indian scientist. It seems that he/she > has no faith in Indian journals and she depends on some common internet > searches only. According to her, most of the journals are nor peer > reviewed, including Bulletin of Botanical Survey of India and as such they > are not available on internet. Please tell him/her to give a search for > KEW RECORDS OF TAXONOMIC LITERATURE - next give search for Euphorbiaceae > and further search on Croton. He/she willl get all references. I reiterate > that the copy and paste was done by me on common interest from my own work > which will not be available on Google search. Flora of India Volume 23 > containing families Loranthaceae to Daphniphyllaceae by BSI is now in press > and I am a member of the Editorial Board of the same. Botanical Survey of > India is the oldest and the only taxonomic institute in India with 14 > branches all over India. > The photo is of Croton caudatus Geiseler. > Regards, > Tapas Chakrabarty, > Scientist - D and Head of Office, > Botanical Survey of India, > Industrial Section, Indian Museum, > 1, Sudder Street, > Kolkata - 700016 > Telephone and Fax: 033 22861630 > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 11:18 AM, jmgarg1 <[email protected] > <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Karuna Das <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> Date: 31 October 2012 18:30 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:136862] Croton caudatus (?) from Guwahati. >> To: [email protected] <javascript:> >> Cc: [email protected] <javascript:> >> >> >> Dear All >> Is it Croton Caudatus ? Please confirm the ID. >> >> Date :28/10/2012 >> Location: Chokordow, Guwahati-17 [Dist- Kamrup(Metro)] >> Habitat: Grows on hilly slopes >> Habit :Shrub >> >> With regards >> Karuna Kanta Das >> Guwahati 781012 >> >> >> <http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/signatureline.htm@Middle?> >> >> Catch India as it happens with the *Rediff News App*. To download it for >> FREE, click >> here<http://track.rediff.com/click?url=___http://www.rediff.com/newsapp___&lnk=signature&newservice=newsapp> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 2000 members & >> 1,37,000 messages on 31/10/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 7500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> > --
