Great news. An important step for Flora of India. Keep going.... I hope the pace and the volume of information would go up in the coming days.
Thanks and Regards, Giby On 9 September 2014 22:20, D.S Rawat <drdsrawat.alpin...@gmail.com> wrote: > A very important mile stone crossed. The journey is long and we together > will cross many more. > Thanks to every one for his/ her share of contribution to develop this > database. > DSRawat Pantnagar > > > On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 6:59:18 PM UTC+5:30, Vijayasankar wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> >> Congratulations! >> >> >> I am much excited to let you know that *our group >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/indiantreepix>* has achieved >> yet another milestone by reaching a record number of *2,00,000* >> *messages*. >> >> >> The total number of species documented and discussed in this group has >> also crossed* 10,000 species >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species>*, which is about >> 50% of the India's flowering plant wealth. The *database >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species>* currently holds >> more than *2,00,000 images*, probably the largest digital collection of >> Indian plants on the web. This once again reiterates that *eFlora of >> India <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/indiantreepix>* is one >> of the largest and most active forums of this kind in the world, dedicated >> to plants of India. >> >> >> The major strength of the eFI family is its *2,400 members*- team that >> has made this landmark growth possible. >> >> >> Just to compare, in September 2010, the group only had 1,400 members and >> had posted 50,000 messages covering 4,050 species. What a phenomenal growth >> in this short period of time! >> >> >> On behalf of eFI, I take this opportunity to thank and congratulate all >> the active contributors, experts >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/major-contributors>, >> pillars >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/pillars-of-efloraofindia>, >> moderators >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/moderators>, and >> all the members of eFI family on this collective accomplishment. >> >> Here is a glance on the journey of eFI during the last five years... >> >> >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Vijayasankar >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. >> National Center for Natural Products Research >> University of Mississippi, USA >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Assistant Professor PG and Research Department of Botany Sacred Heart College Thevara Kochi- 682 013 Kerala, India Phone - +914844044436 (office) +919947109987 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
