Effective publication melbourne code chapter IV: plz find document regarding effective publication as attachment. this may be useful to us.      

    List of Plants for Afforestation……………: Please find an attachment of list of plant of afforestation.    

    Vernacular Names of Indian Plants: I came across eflora a little while ago, congratulation for the painstaking work. I admire it very much. In the meantime, I would like you all to visit http://www.patalkot.com/Herb%20Database/ I would be happy to have your critical feedback about it. Late Dr. G.L.Shaw…

    Orchids of Western Ghats : Website: I am sharing a website link, on Orchids of Western Ghats. I am sure this would be of useful to members having interest in captioned subject http://www.weatheredwind.org/owg/ If you know him then let him know that there are some mistakes. If he…

    Edible weeds: Thought this was interesting: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/weed-my-plate

    endangered medicinal plants of India: Have been looking for the endangered plants especially which are critically tndangered plants in India. found a state wise list of such plants on FRLHT website but that list does not correspond with the list of plants given on IUCN red data list….

    list of threatened plants of Maharashtra: I have the list of threatened plants of Maharashtra and in that there is no description of any trees in that. Anyone having such data, I would request to pls share. so where is the list? put it up here and we…

    JAWAHARLAL NEHRU BOTANICAL GARDEN – RUMTEK: JAWAHARLAL NEHRU BOTANICAL GARDEN – RUMTEK, SIKKIM by D. C. S. RAJU F.L.S & N. C. SHENGA I.F.S This is a part of 750 acre reserve forest adjoining the Monastery at Rumtek. An area of 150 acres covering the Eastern slopes of…

    group’s- experts’ views on the exotic plantation: I wish to know this group’s- experts’views on the exotic plantation like eucalyptus, A. acacia,gliricidia sepium & subabul being carried out in India for greening the barren lands by forest n Muncipal authorities. I have seen such monocultures in Uttarakhand, Gujrat…

    Life in One Cubic Foot: You may like to see this. It compares about how much life can be present in one cubic feet of volume in different regions of world.http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/02/cubic-foot/liittschwager-photography#/video/      

    WHAT IS A GOOD INDICATOR OF THE HEALTH OF A GIVEN HABITAT?: Today a very old post by Prasad popped up on my screen through efloraofindia so I felt like sharing my thoughts on this matter.His topic was “LICHEN AS BIOINDICATOR –http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/3a495defc56f8cb0“ Just wanted to share this with…

    Lichen as bioindicat​or: keeping in view of the ongoing climatic variation, it is very demanding to study the lichen distribution as they are the key bioindicators in an ecosystem. The lichens are very less tolerant to pollution load and immediately they respond to any kind of stress by…

    Blog on plant taxonomy: Forwarding a link from Indian Flora facebook group, shared by … http://planttaxonomy.blogspot.in/          

    A query: I have a query to all professional botanists on this forum. Which technique is best used for determination of sucrose, glucose and fructose content in flowers especially really small ones Do you want to analyse the sugar concentration in nectar? If so, you may use any…

    eFlora of India and Indian Herbaria: Do you know any one in you group that would be interested in making herbarium records available online? I am working with US herbaria in this regard and am very interested in encouraging herbaria in other parts of the world to do…

    Carl von Linnaeus – Bicentenary: Carl von Linnaeus-Bicentenary: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF CAROLUS VON LINNAEUS BY D.C.S.RAJU The name Carl Linnaeus is immortalised with classification of plants and Binomial System of Nomenclature.Linnaean Schools of Plant Taxonomy and Linnean Societies were established in many parts of the world. Born at…

    LINNAEUS AND MALABAR: ELEBRATION OF BICENTENARY OF LINNAEUS AT CALICUT Text of the talk by D.C.S.Raju,F.L.S., Central National Herbarium,Botanical Survey of India,Howrah. Honourable Vice Chancellor Dr. Purushottaman,Respected Dr. Gopalakrishnan,Dr.Achutan,Prof. Manilal, and Friends of this august meeting ,I have great pleasure to be with you in a wonderful habitat…

    Edible Sea Weed: Is there a Sea Weed easily available that is edible and consumable for human consumption.Are any of such edible weeds available in the mangroves? According to my colleagues, Sarwanto and Dwi Sunu Widyartini, there are many edible seaweeds such as: Gracilaria verucosa, G. gigas, Gelydium,…

    Our recent Research Article in Current Science: I am very happy to share our recent research article on “Epiphytic orchid diversity in farmer-managed Soppinabetta forests of Western Ghats: implications for conservation“. Please share your valuable critical comments and suggestions with me.        

    query..: 86% of existing species on Earth and 91% of species in the ocean still await description…members please give a more light on this… FALSE AND FICTITIOUS BECAUSE JD HOOKER WAS IN ANTARCTICA EXPEDITION WITH CAPT ROSS AND WITH EARNINGS HE EXPORED INDIA-mADRAS,CALCUTTA,PARASNATH,SHILLONG AND THEN HIGHEST MOUNTAINS IN…