Commelinales & Zingiberales Week, February 7 to 13, 2011 (Coordinator Dr. Mayur Nandikar)

[Gurcharan Singh]

Dear Friends

The focus this month would be on Commelinales & Zingiberales between February 7 to 13, 2011. Dr. Mayur Nandikar, our expert on family Commelinaceae has offered this episode, which was  originally proposed to include family Commelinaceae, but the scope was increased to include other families in light of the small size of the family in India. For the convenience of members the following families/genera would be covered in this episode:

Commelinales

Commelinaceae: Commelina, Cyanotis, Floscopa, Murdania, Pollia, Tinantia, Tradescantia (including Rhoeo, Setcreasea, Zebrina etc.)  

Pontederiaceae: Eichhornia, Monochoria, Pontederia

Zingiberales

Cannaceae: Canna

Costaceae: Costus

Heliconiaceae: Heliconia,

Marantaceae: Calathea, Maranta

Musaceae: Ensete, Musa

Strelitziaceae: Strelitzia

Zingiberaceae: Alpinia, Cautleya, Curcuma, Elletaria, Etlingera, Hedychium, Hitchenia, Kaempferia, Roscoea, Zingiber

      Any genus represented in India but missed by me can be added by the experts

FOR NON-BOTANISTS IF YOU ARE SENDING IDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHS YOU WILL KNOW WHERE IT BELONGS (WIKIPEDIA IS THE EASIEST SOURCE.

FOR PLANTS MEANT FOR ID FOR THIS EPISODE:
              ALL MONOCOTS WITH SOME SORT OF COVERING (SPATHE) ON THE INFLORESCENCE EXCLUDING GRASSES, SEDGES AND PALMS FOR THIS EPISODE

And Yes if any plant gets covered in error, it is a bonus for the episode. The experts would be there to sort it out. 

ALL Posts meant for this episode should have the first part of Subject Line: "Commelinales & Zingiberales Week" followed  by the unique part so that the threads don't get mixed up.

I would request Mayur ji to provide further guidelines.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

[mayur nandikar]

Thank you sir for initiating the topic. 

I cordially invite all of you  for "Commelinales & Zingiberales Week" in fact I request you to contribute the things regarding these orders.  

And I hope any thread/ information/ Identification queries related to these orders will help to finalize data for our new web address. 

Please follow the subject line: "Commelinales & Zingiberales Week" and try to provide minute details of species as much possible. Specially in case of Commelinaceae and allied families since 2008, lot of species are already posted by many of our members, therefore I just suppose to ask u all, shall we repost it again with their proper ID and details?

Looking forward for another exciting episode next week.

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Mayur Nandikar
Research Student,
Department of Botany,
Shivaji University, Kolhapur (MS)
India- 416 004

http://commelinaceae.blogspot.com
http://murdannia.blogspot.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/commelinaceae

[Pankaj Kumar]

Best wishes Mr. Mayur......
Pankaj

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"TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!"

Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
Research Associate
Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
Department of Habitat Ecology
Wildlife Institute of India
Post Box # 18
Dehradun - 248001, India

[Gurcharan Singh]

Yes Mayur ji

The purpose of the episodes is to relive the plants already in the database also. This way we can improve upon the information or make necessary corrections, where possible. Different members can contribute their own sets of photographs once a thread is  initiated. This way we will have glimpse of all members of the focus group in the same week. 

I repeat: The subject line should  be unique for each thread....."Commelinales & Zingiberales Week" followed by unique set of words.

-- 
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

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Wow. So again a new episode.
Sirji you must be a great teacher and favourate of students. How nicely you are shaping the group.
As the episodes are maturing perfect guidelines for botanists , nonbotanists, expections for watchers like me.
Great!
So best luck Mayurji and experts.
Madhuri

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Thanks Madhuri ji

Only friends like you are a fuel for growth and increased involvement. Thanks for all the good words. I am lucky to be on this group.

-- 
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

[Balkar Arya]

Best of Luck Mayur Ji

Our best wishes are with you

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

[Rashida Atthar]

All the best to Mayur ji .

 

regards,

Rashida.

[Mayur Nandikar]

Thank you all

--
Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar,

Research Student,
Department of Botany,
Shivaji University,

Kolhapur.