Dear Amit ji, I see most of the (ID resolved) threads ending up with discussion of names. Please point to the particular thread which prompted you to post this thread. Generic suggestions are welcome, and can be understood only in course of a thread, not at the start.
Regards. On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Amit Ray <amitranjan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Dr. Singh, I must reiterate that I am all for the correct > identification of flora. I never even hinted that there are two groups - one > for scientific names and the other for common names - you are making that > mistake. All I have suggest is that *along with the correct Latin name*the > English common name/s should be mentioned as far as possible. > Notwithstanding your argument, it is very clear from the recent postings > English common names hardly get a mention. So far as Flowers of India is > concerned it is a distinctly separate website - we are not talking about > that here. Do you mean to say that I have to keep on switching between my > inbox and Flowers of India just to get a simple clarification on common > names? I have great respect for Tabish-ji and his website and visit it quite > often for enlightenment. Please be assured that I am contesting nothing. I > simply made a suggestion. If the moderators of Indiantreepix are unable to > concede to my request please say so unambiguously. I will understand. > > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:15 AM, singhg . <sin...@sify.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 9/20/09, Amit Ray <amitranjan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> It is all very well to identify flora by their Latin names, but to a >>> lay person like me it makes a lot of sense to know the English common names. >>> To convey the identity of a particular flower if I say "this is nasturtium" >>> rather than "this is Tropaeolum majus" it makes a whole lot more sense >>> to the lay world, particularly when we are talking about "taking knowledge >>> to the masses". Vernacular names are a great help if one can provide the >>> names in most of the major Indian languages. I do not intend to spoil your >>> fun, but just think about the situation. Regards. >>> >>> -- >>> Amit Ray >>> 25B Central Road >>> Kolkata 700032 >>> India >>> URL: http://wildlifeindia.freehostia.com >>> Phone: +91 033 24136034 >>> Mobile: +919433715107 >>> Email: >>> 1) amitranjan...@gmail.com >>> 2) amitranjan...@yahoo.co.in >>> 3) amitranjan...@hotmail.com >>> 4) amitranjan...@myway.com >>> 5) amit...@dellmail.com >>> 6) amitranjan...@lavabit.com >>> 7) amitranjan...@aol.in >>> 8) amitranjanra...@rediffmail.com >>> >>> Amit ji >>> No one is contesting the importance of common, local or vernacular names >>> and in fact whenever we visit a new place, the first thing that we ask the >>> local persons is the local name of the plant and what importance plant has >>> in their daily life. The only point to consider is that a given species may >>> have several common names but a single accepted scientific or say marker in >>> the database, when all information (its various local names, description, >>> images, uses, etc.) regarding this species is stored electronically. Let >>> there be no confusion that there are two groups one wanting scientific names >>> and the other common names. What we want is a properly stored data, which >>> can be accessed by local name, habit (tree, climber, herb), scientific name >>> or any other variable. I think Flowers of India is the best website to >>> depict that approach. Our aim is to see that this data is accurate and >>> easily accessible. >>> Let us together propagate the information about plants, and Garg ji >>> and Tabish ji are providing the necessary lead. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College >>> University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018 >>> Phone: 011025518297; Mobile: 9810359089 >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Amit Ray >> 25B Central Road >> Kolkata 700032 >> India >> URL: http://wildlifeindia.freehostia.com >> Phone: +91 033 24136034 >> Mobile: +919433715107 >> Email: >> 1) amitranjan...@gmail.com >> 2) amitranjan...@yahoo.co.in >> 3) amitranjan...@hotmail.com >> 4) amitranjan...@myway.com >> 5) amit...@dellmail.com >> 6) amitranjan...@lavabit.com >> 7) amitranjan...@aol.in >> 8) amitranjanra...@rediffmail.com >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
