Congratulations to all..!!
Let me repeat the words of Usha di, *"may be these reviewers and editors are very honest and upright people ... * * may be we should congratulate them for their honesty... "* Similar to Mayurji, I am not able to digest the fact that a paper being accepted ( that too a new species), within a couple of days..!! I must admit, the Reviewers have done a "GREAT" job...!! And I am worried, not for the long delay being taken for the review of one of my new species, which took almost one year for the process, not for the eager of authors to introduce the new plant to the public..!! A new species can be easily published in a journal with high impact factors. But it may take months or sometime years to publish it after its critical review process..!! I heard from a reliable source, that another fellow is waiting for the review process of a *similar* species for its publication in a high impact journal. I hope that would have been a miscommunication..!! I need to add one more thing..!! Last week I heard another story about a species already published in JETB (Journal of economic & taxonomic Botany). A researcher tried in vein to find the type specimen or any other collections of that particular species. Interestingly, none of the authors remember the exact locality, where the plant was collected and the place where the specimens were deposited...!! and the saddest thing is that, one of the author admitted that, he/she hasn't seen that plant.. Who knows the truth whether the species occurs or not?? *"may be these researchers are very honest and upright people ... may be we should congratulate them for their honesty... "* *regards* On Wednesday, 8 August 2012 07:44:17 UTC+5:30, Sujana K Arjunan wrote: > > Dear all > > I am herewith attaching two new species described by Ratheesh Narayanan > and team. > > I would like to say few words about him, he is not a good taxonomist but > an excellent silent field worker and a great lover of RET plants of Western > Ghats. For his doctoral program he carried out Flora of Wayanad district, > Kerala and collected 2034 wild plants. He also described some plants like > Miliusa wayanadica, Oberonia swaminathanii, Miliusa gokhale, Impatiens > veerapazhassii, Impatiens minae, Impatiens mohana, and Memecylon > wayanadica. (Sorry if I missed some) I am sure we can expect some more new > taxa credited to him. > > Ratheesh sir, please accept my wishes for your future endeavor. > > love and regards > > Sujana > > > ................................................ > > ** > > Mrs. Sujana K. A. > > Scientist > > Central Botanical Laboratory > > Botanical Survey of India > > AJCB Indian Botanic Garden > > Howrah-3 > > West Bengal-033 26685771 > > > > > > Every species have the right to exist > --
