{"id":1424771,"date":"2017-02-10T11:34:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T11:34:42","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T12:53:00","slug":"beyond-genus","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/beyond-genus\/","title":{"rendered":"One cannot always identify a plant beyond genus from photos alone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fwd: One cannot always identify a plant beyond genus from photos alone<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author.<\/span><\/div>\n
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I have just posted about a Cotoneaster<\/em> specimen thought to be C.microphyllus<\/em> posted by\u00a0… from Nepal.\u00a0 I explained that he MUST wait until I have sent these<\/div>\n
images to J.Fryer for determination.\u00a0 I am still (AS ANTICIPATED) waiting to hear from her as to comments about the images of other Cotoneasters I sent\u00a0by CD.<\/div>\n
It is REALLY IMPORTANT for members to accept, however frustrating it is, that <\/font><\/strong>AT TIMES it is\u00a0NOT possible to RELIABLY identify (i.e. DETERMINE) a plant from <\/font><\/strong>the photos sent.\u00a0 There can be a number of reasons for this.<\/font><\/strong>
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In such circumstances the ONLY correct course of action is to\u00a0thus\u00a0put Cotoneaster <\/font><\/strong>sp., or Elaeagnus sp. or Clematis sp.<\/font><\/strong>
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IF those attempting to identify said plants are CONFIDENT it is “Close to” or “Similar to”, <\/font><\/strong>there MIGHT be justification in putting AFF. and naming the species.<\/font><\/strong>
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It is UNWISE and UNHELPFUL to SPECULATE (GUESS) TOO MUCH.\u00a0 MANY reading these <\/font><\/strong>speculations, especially if SUGGESTED by a ‘senior’ person will ASSUME this is the actual <\/font><\/strong>species.\u00a0 This CONTRIBUTES to confusion and muddles, as such guesses are OFTEN incorrect.<\/font><\/strong>
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Sorry but I still have LOTS of the eFI data-base to go through (or come back to), so further <\/font><\/strong>UNCERTAINTIES and CORRECTIONS are INEVITABLE….<\/font><\/strong>
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I repeat that\u00a0IT IS NOT ALWAYS possible to NEATLY identify a plant to SPECIES level.\u00a0 This is <\/font><\/strong>NOT a sign of INCOMPETENCE on my part\u00a0(or that of others) but\u00a0 realisation of the complexities <\/font><\/strong>of the variation involved.<\/font><\/strong>
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There is in the UK\u00a0(and it seems in India) a MISTAKEN belief that PLANT IDENTIFICATION is quick <\/font><\/strong>and easy with each plant READILY “PIGEON-HOLED” into a species.<\/font><\/strong>\u00a0<\/div>\n
Oh, if ONLY things were that SIMPLE and QUICK!<\/div>\n
And on occasion, one cannot even tell for sure which GENUS, even FAMILY, it belongs to.<\/div>\n
PREMATURE\/HASTY naming leads to FREQUENT MISIDENTIFICATIONS.<\/p>\n
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Fwd: One cannot always identify a plant beyond genus from photos alone : 1 post by 1 author. I have just posted about a Cotoneaster specimen thought to be C.microphyllus posted by\u00a0… from Nepal.\u00a0 I explained that he MUST wait until I have sent these images to J.Fryer for determination.\u00a0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[8547],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1424771","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-other-informations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1424771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1424771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1424771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1424771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1424771"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1424771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}