Dear Dr. Singh,I must reiterate that I am all for the correct identification of flora. I never even hinted that there are two groups - one for scientific names and the other for common names - you are making that mistake. All I have suggest is that *along with the correct Latin name* the English common name/s should be mentioned as far as possible. Notwithstanding your argument, it is very clear from the recent postings English common names hardly get a mention. So far as Flowers of India is concerned it is a distinctly separate website - we are not talking about that here. Do you mean to say that I have to keep on switching between my inbox and Flowers of India just to get a simple clarification on common names? I have great respect for Tabish-ji and his website and visit it quite often for enlightenment. Please be assured that I am contesting nothing. I simply made a suggestion. If the moderators of Indiantreepix are unable to concede to my request please say so unambiguously. I will understand.
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:15 AM, singhg . <sin...@sify.com> wrote: > > > On 9/20/09, Amit Ray <amitranjan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It is all very well to identify flora by their Latin names, but to a lay >> person like me it makes a lot of sense to know the English common names. To >> convey the identity of a particular flower if I say "this is nasturtium" >> rather than "this is Tropaeolum majus" it makes a whole lot more sense to >> the lay world, particularly when we are talking about "taking knowledge to >> the masses". Vernacular names are a great help if one can provide the names >> in most of the major Indian languages. I do not intend to spoil your fun, >> but just think about the situation. Regards. >> >> -- >> Amit Ray >> 25B Central Road >> Kolkata 700032 >> India >> URL: http://wildlifeindia.freehostia.com >> Phone: +91 033 24136034 >> Mobile: +919433715107 >> Email: >> 1) amitranjan...@gmail.com >> 2) amitranjan...@yahoo.co.in >> 3) amitranjan...@hotmail.com >> 4) amitranjan...@myway.com >> 5) amit...@dellmail.com >> 6) amitranjan...@lavabit.com >> 7) amitranjan...@aol.in >> 8) amitranjanra...@rediffmail.com >> >> >> >> Amit ji > No one is contesting the importance of common, local or vernacular names > and in fact whenever we visit a new place, the first thing that we ask the > local persons is the local name of the plant and what importance plant has > in their daily life. The only point to consider is that a given species may > have several common names but a single accepted scientific or say marker in > the database, when all information (its various local names, description, > images, uses, etc.) regarding this species is stored electronically. Let > there be no confusion that there are two groups one wanting scientific names > and the other common names. What we want is a properly stored data, which > can be accessed by local name, habit (tree, climber, herb), scientific name > or any other variable. I think Flowers of India is the best website to > depict that approach. Our aim is to see that this data is accurate and > easily accessible. > Let us together propagate the information about plants, and Garg ji and > Tabish ji are providing the necessary lead. > > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Associate Professor, Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College > University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018 > Phone: 011025518297; Mobile: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > -- Amit Ray 25B Central Road Kolkata 700032 India URL: http://wildlifeindia.freehostia.com Phone: +91 033 24136034 Mobile: +919433715107 Email: 1) amitranjan...@gmail.com 2) amitranjan...@yahoo.co.in 3) amitranjan...@hotmail.com 4) amitranjan...@myway.com 5) amit...@dellmail.com 6) amitranjan...@lavabit.com 7) amitranjan...@aol.in 8) amitranjanra...@rediffmail.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
