A journey inspired by the book “The Monk who sold his Ferrari” and started
on 18th June 2007 has become 13 years old. It is no more a solitary affair,
rather, has grown into a huge *carvan*. Today on 17th June 2020 eFI
<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> (efloraofindia: Database
of Plants of Indian Subcontinent- developed by the members of Efloraofindia
Google Group) has grown up to 13 years, now a teenager with enormous
potential. It has attracted the attention of amateurs and professionals,
naturalists, flora photographers, ecologists, students, teachers,
taxonomists, in fact people from all walks of life; it is a non-ignorable
treasure of plant diversity of Indian subcontinent. More than half of the
wild flowering plant wealth of Indian subcontinent is displayed on the
pages of eFI <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> in the form
of lively images. Owing to its extensive coverage it is becoming more and
more visible to the people world over.
Presently, more than 13,000 species are displayed with more than
3,00,000 vivid images taken by members of this group. To be more apt these
images are arranged on family, genera and species pages to offer
comparative view and to facilitate easy identification. More than 255
families and more than 2800 genera of seed plants (Angiosperms and
Gymnosperms) are showcased in eFI today. eFI database
<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> is founded on 30 strong
Pillars
<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/pillars-of-efloraofindia>,
more than 50 dedicated Subject Experts
<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/subject-experts>,
more than 325 Major Contributors
<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/major-contributors>,
more than 10,000 previous and existing members and well managed by about 32
Moderators <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/moderators>
.
eFI <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> is not
restricted to Flowering Plants (Angiosperms) and Gymnosperms, but also
contains identified images of many Pteridophytes, Bryophytes, Algae and
Fungi.
Unidentified images on eFI pages are a treasure trove to taxonomists
and pose a challenge to explore. Few have already turned out to be new
species, new records to the country, extremely rare species not collected
since a long time or species photographed for the first time ever.
eFI database <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> is a
result of selfless teamwork during these 13 years and the *motto* is “*display
every plant species of India*”. Members from different parts of India and
adjacent countries have enriched this resource. It is time to salute
team-eFI (Pillars
<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/pillars-of-efloraofindia>
, Subject Experts
<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/subject-experts>,
Moderators <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/moderators>
, Major Contributors
<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/major-contributors> and
members) for untiring efforts to showcase plant diversity of Indian
Subcontinent and offering it free to all the nature lovers of the world.
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Dr D.S. Rawat
Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture &
Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, INDIA
*eflorapantnagar* <https://sites.google.com/site/eflorapantnagar/home>
displaying wild flora of Pantnagar
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