I was mentioning 'Trees of Mumbai' by almeida and Chaturvedi which has ben published by BNHS in 2006. I was confused by the similarity of title. I never meant Fernandez's book. I stand by my views on Almeida's work. ak
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes > Each book has its own merits and we should judge them by their respective > utilities. The same is true of say the Trees of Delhi, which is good for > common man and even we the botanists for identification, but if we want to > use it for compiling our eFlora, it may not be of much use as compared to > Flora of Delhi or other such books. Let us enjoy getting whatever > information we can . Trees of Mumbai, after all solved our problem of > Morinda Taxonomy in India. > > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 2:39 PM, H S <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Anand Ji >> >> Please can i know you are talking about which book,, >> because the work done by R.R. Fernandez is purely taxonomic work >> compare to others which are for the layman, the book quoted in your >> statement... >> Fernandez's book is actually his Ph.D. work (1950).. >> that time hardly any good cameras were available..... but if you see >> the plates they are quite good to identify the trees.. >> and this book is nothing to do with BNHS. >> >> On 5/30/11, Anand Kumar Bhatt <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Incidentally I have got a copy of the book, and I was really distressed >> to >> > see the quality of the photos. Some rank amateur with a cheap camera has >> > taken the photographs. The camera it seems was purchased by BNHS for >> this >> > purpose only. BNHS will be well advised to change the plates in the next >> > edition if at all there is one. They should hire the services of a >> > professional. However the work would be for the entire year, so better >> that >> > they do it now. The bok is no patch on some other books like Pradeep >> > Krishan's book on Delhi trees and Shrikant's on Pune trees. >> > ak >> > >> > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> Trees of Mumbai was published in 1999 in which R R Fernandez on page >> 174 >> >> proposed the combination Morinda coreia var. tomentosa (Hook.f) R R >> >> Fernandez, ignoring the earliest basonym Heyn ex Roth. Perhaps this >> >> publication may provide clue to nomenclature of the genus in India. Any >> >> body >> >> having access may help. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> >> Retired Associate Professor >> >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Anand Kumar Bhatt >> > A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road >> > Gwalior. 474 005. >> > Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. >> > My blogsite is at: >> > http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com >> > (A NEW BLOG has been ADDED ON 12 April 2011.) >> > And the photo site: >> > www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ >> > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/>(NEW PHOTOS HAVE BEEN ADDED ON >> 15 >> > March 2011.) >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma, Patel, Shah, >> > Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers! >> > >> >> >> -- >> - H.S. >> >> A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of >> stone >> > > > > -- Anand Kumar Bhatt A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road Gwalior. 474 005. Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. My blogsite is at: http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com (A NEW BLOG has been ADDED ON 12 April 2011.) And the photo site: www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ <http://www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/>(NEW PHOTOS HAVE BEEN ADDED ON 15 March 2011.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma, Patel, Shah, Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers!
