Thanks Garg ji for all your efforts.

On Monday, February 6, 2023 at 10:30:55 AM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote:

> It’s heartening to reiterate that *Efloraofindia* 
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!forum/indiantreepix>* is 
> the largest google e-group/ forum in the world *in this field & the 
> largest nature related e-group (and the most constructive) in India with 
> around 4,41,100 messages so far & membership currently more than 3405 nos.
>
> efloraofindia (eFI in short) website <https://efloraofindia.com/> is one 
> of the biggest non-commercial site, one of its kind in the world & also 
> without advertisements, based on the collection of photographic images of 
> wild plants, where no money or professional organisation is involved except 
> for the selfless efforts of its members from diverse backgrounds. It is 
> documenting the Flora of India that is being discussed on efloraofindia 
> google 
> e-group <http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix> along with 
> supplementing the working of the group.* It also has the largest database 
> on the net on Indian Flora with more than 14,000 species (along with more 
> than 4,00,000 pictures)*, from some of the best Flora Photographers of 
> India. You can go through Story of eFloraofIndia’s journey on 15th 
> anniversary 
> <https://efloraofindia.com/2022/06/07/story-of-efloraofindia-on-15th-anniversary/>
> . Members should add Efloraofindia <https://efloraofindia.com/> website 
> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> link in their 
> favourites & give species’ links from this while posting or replying in a 
> thread as a lot of discussed data is already available here.
> Intent of this website is compilation of all the posts on ‘efloraofindia’ 
> e- group along with providing other details so that it’s useful to all 
> concerned as all the data about a particular species will be available 
> under a single head & *easily searchable*. However, correctness of data/ 
> identification in the efloraofindia (earlier indiantreepix) links is 
> dependent on the members’ inputs in that particular link. Therefore, 
> errors/ mistakes cannot be ruled out- everyone is requested to point them 
> out for corrections by sending an email to <itp...@googlegroups.com 
> <https://groups.google.com/>>. Anybody can also add comments about it, at 
> the bottom of the page.
> We now have images on all species pages. We have simultaneously started 
> displaying these at genera & family pages with comparative images of 
> various species for easy identification (all the families except for 
> Poaceae, Orchidaceae and Zingiberaceae already completed). Insertion of 
> images has also increased the accuracy of the efloraofindia database 
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/6zAgQd5DD3s>. *More 
> than 3,00,000 unique images have already been inserted as of 31.1.21.*
>
> More important is the fact that thousands of observations of hundreds of 
> our members are available here (many of which one will not find documented 
> anywhere) & easily searchable through general web searches (after 
> adding efloraofindia) as well as by searching on the Efloraofindia 
> <https://efloraofindia.com/> website 
> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home>. And these are going 
> to increase with every passing day. These original observations will be a 
> treasure trove & will be a delight to a lot of people. With the pace at 
> which new species are being added to our database, it should become the 
> premier resource for taxonomic research in India. As the data is 
> multiplying, we need more volunteers to take up this work. Details can be 
> seen at Volunteers required 
> <https://efloraofindia.com/category/volunteers-required-d58/>.
>
> For better viewing of species’ pages, colour scheme & formatting is being 
> followed as at the footer of every efloraofindia page.
>
> These days a lot of information about Indian Flora is available under Cc-by 
> license <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_licenses> (Licensees 
> may copy, 
> distribute, display and perform the work and make derivative works based on 
> it only if they give the author or licensor the credits in the manner 
> specified by these). Due credits/ attributions are to be given. Such 
> sources include Wikipedia, India Biodiversity Portal, IUCN Red List, PFAF, 
> Flora of Tibet website, IBIS Flora etc. I am trying to add such information 
> with due credits. I am also trying to add keys & summarizing the 
> information at the top of the page (for the pages I am coming across while 
> adding information from current threads). Genera pages are also cleaned up 
> so that species (due to wrong botanical names or being syn. of some 
> other species) are deleted or properly connected as per the currently 
> accepted name along with references. Future eFI genera pages will be like 
> *Cyanotis* <https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/22/cyanotis/> depending 
> upon the time we get, as & when we update a genus page so that we are aware 
> which are the species which are likely to be found in India (depending on 
> the net resources) & which are already available in eFI.
>
> Kudos & thanks to Outstanding Contributors 
> <https://efloraofindia.com/2020/08/02/outstanding-contributors-d96/>, The 
> Pillars 
> <https://efloraofindia.com/2011/11/12/pillars-of-efloraofindia-d1/>, Subject/ 
> Area Experts <https://efloraofindia.com/2014/09/16/subject-experts/>, 
> Moderators <https://efloraofindia.com/2011/01/12/moderators-d61/>, Major 
> contributors 
> <https://efloraofindia.com/2011/01/12/major-contributors-d81/> & other 
> members who are rendering selfless service to this group & made this 
> endeavour possible for the benefit of everyone.
>
> --
> With regards,
> J.M.Garg
>

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