Hi, As Garg ji said, it is true that digital cameras have made revolution in photography with lots of facilities such as taking many shots, closeups with great details, etc. This can definitely help in identifying plants whose key characters are more of qualitative in nature.
However, as the diagnosing features are more of quantitative (like size of nuts, length of glumes, awns etc. etc.) in most of the grasses, sedges, species of Eriocaulon etc., one needs a herbarium specimen to identify up to species level authoritatively and the id will be authentic this way, so I support Aparna ji's view. Some grasses which are easily distinguishable and more familiar to us may be exceptions. For eg. Lemon grass, Vettiveria etc. We still lack a way to scale the objects (flowers, fruits, seeds, awns, glumes etc.) that we photograph. -- With regards R. Vijayasankar FRLHT, Bangalore --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
