Hi, Aparna ji. I thank you for your constant support & guidance. Nothing is permanent except for the change. With dedicated support of many taxonomists not to talk of passionate members, the group is sure to mature. 2009/9/19 Aparna Watve <aparnawat...@gmail.com>
> > Dear All, > Considering all the serious discussions going on so far on various > identities, use of family names, I am so happy to realize how this > group is slowly maturing. People are discussing technical terms, use > of correct family names, below species ranks and nomenclature- things > which only the trained plant taxonomists bothered with. > Owing to this I feel the need to talk about more use of standard > floras and monographs which i had talked of in the past. Relying only > on handbooks, which are generally region specific and can have only a > limited number of species and descriptions as compared to our vast > diversity of flora, is good for beginners. But at this stage, the > serious ones on this group - and there are many- should devote time to > library and referencing work- not from a single book (as it is not > possible) but from various standard references and then form their > opinion on identity of a species. In many cases the taxonomic > literature is also influenced by varied opinions of the taxonomists > and it is actually fun to read how some plant species have baffled > generations of plantwatchers. > : ) > Aparna > > > -- > Dr. Aparna Watve > > Asha Appt, Shanti Nagar, Ekata Colony > Nr. BSNL tower, Akbar Ward, > Seoni.480661 > tel: 07692-228115 > mobile: (0)9755667710 and 9822597288 still works > > > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
