[Taxacom] Efloraofindia Website completes 10 years

[Gurcharan Singh]

Dear members,

It is a matter of joy that efloraofindia (eFI in short) website
<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> is completing 10 years
on 1.11.20 (although our journey began much earlier on 17.6.2007 in the
form of of efloraofindia google e-group
<http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix>, which still remains our
backbone). Today, efloraofindia
<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/home> is an extremely popular
website with more than 3200 members and more than 1,00,500 visits per
month. It is one of the biggest non-commercial citizen science efforts not
only in India, but the world. Currently we have a huge database of around
14,000 species under 2,834 genera, 258 families of seed plants along with
numerous species of ferns and fungi, showcased by more than 3,00,000 unique
photographs. More than 80% of genera and family pages are already having
comparative images, providing easy identification. Numerous species have
been posted here
<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/role-of-efi-in-scientific-publications>
(just to
show a few examples), before these were described as new to science. No
other site in the world has come up with such a large database and facility
of comparative images as provided in efloraofindia. It is the result of a
movement of tens of thousands of people from diverse backgrounds and from
every nook and corner of the country, including top class experts from
India and outside, coming together. It shows what can be achieved even
without a single penny being spent or any one even physically meeting.

All of you can help us further in this effort by sending your images
(particularly of rare plants and those which are yet not represented in our
site) to indiantreepix at googlegroups.com or jmgarg1 at gmail.com and help us
with correct identifications, if you find any mistakes.

Despite many hurdles and technical problems in developing, designing,
maintaining, refining and updating eFI website, our commitment to serve
nature and the nation has never diminished, but only growing with each
impediment.
Our sincere thanks to Outstanding Contributors
<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/outstanding-contributors>
, The Pillars
<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/pillars-of-efloraofindia>
, Subject Experts
<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/subject-experts>,
Moderators <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/moderators>
, Major contributors
<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/about-us/major-contributors>,
members
(and those who have contributed but not mentioned here), who are rendering
selfless service to the group & made this endeavour possible for the
benefit of everyone.





Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Mob: 9810359089
https://www.gurcharanfamily.com/