---------- Forwarded message --------- From: J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2021 at 13:08 Subject: Re: [itpmods:15933] Fwd: What is the secret behind so many endemic species in Kerala ? To: itpmods <itpm...@googlegroups.com>
I somehow have the feeling that only one out of the 10 species published currently, may stand the scrutiny of time and remain as a valid species and not relegated as a synonym. I do not know how others feel about it. Hard core taxonomists may give a better estimate. On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 at 13:03, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks a lot, Santhosh ji. > You have explained the things so well. > > On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 at 13:00, Dr E S Santhosh Kumar < > essanthoshjntb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear friends, >> The question " What is the secret behind so many endemic species in >> Kerala? " raised by Gargji has several answers. The first reason has been >> very well explained by SanthanJi. Secondly, the flora of Kerala has been >> well explored and documented and every part of the state has been >> thoroughly explored and the important findings were published in time. >> There are certain exceptions that a few new gen botanists described the >> already known species in many foreign journals as new species again. Sadly >> in several cases the reviewers never known about it. In the recent climatic >> change scenario, several ephemerals become annuals or biennials or even >> perennials through several perennating mechanism. Such species often >> mistakenly described new during recent times from Kerala. Genera such as >> Impatiens, Sonerila, Strobilanthes etc are having several species grow >> together in a biome often have a chance of exchange genes by interbreeding >> between them. The F1 generation often having characters of both parents and >> also possessing certain unique characters of themselves. It is called >> Nothospecies. Such characters never having a chance of continue over >> generations. Some of the new gen botanists described such taxa as novelties >> to science. There are several hidden agenda behind it. Certain exotic >> species naturalized in Kerala years ago show several ecological traits also >> described novelties recently. Unnecessary addition of fictitious >> novelties increased the number of endemics in Kerala. I have prepared a >> list of such 'paper species', but wont like to publish in such a public >> forum. Let some experts in respective fields should tackle the issue. >> Thanks >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 12:25 J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> >>> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2021 at 11:25 >>> Subject: What is the secret behind so many endemic species in Kerala ? >>> To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >>> >>> >>> Dear members, >>> While browsing through Flora of Peninsular India, I generally found that >>> Kerala is having so many endmics (including narrow endemics with >>> distribution shown in only one place or district) compared to >>> other states like Tamil Nadu and Karnataka etc. >>> What can be the reason behind it ? >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "ITPmods" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to itpmods+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFDuUnUNfXhf%3Dd7xtrbMTwVrGAKg-wNjUCKfnfMkQeZ%2BDQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFDuUnUNfXhf%3Dd7xtrbMTwVrGAKg-wNjUCKfnfMkQeZ%2BDQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "ITPmods" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to itpmods+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BBiB1LEQ6CEUHZOShWZdqe8vrtArwpkzuQRAv95j27s5PJwqA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BBiB1LEQ6CEUHZOShWZdqe8vrtArwpkzuQRAv95j27s5PJwqA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFC%2BcMuLtMcGE99PeYoHFDZS6B33EiPz%2B%2BRSQNWEU9dq_w%40mail.gmail.com.
