[Taxacom] Arctic Flora of the USSR translation

[Gurcharan Singh]

English translations of many volumes of Russian Flora have been undertaken 
in India

1. My colleague Dr. G. N. Dixit and myself were involved in Editing of 
English translation of Flora SSSR was undertaken by Amerind Publishing Co. 
Delhi on behalf of Smithsonian Institution. Translator B S Sharma.

2. Translation of 14 volumes of Flora of Siberia was undertaken by Science 
Publishers, USA. Translator P M Rao. Technical editor myself Dr. Gurcharan 
Singh

3. Translation of 11 volume Plants of Central Asia was undertaken by Oxford 
& IBH Publishing C. New Delhi. Translator P M Rao, technical editor myself 
Dr. Gurcharan Singh

Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College
University of Delhi, Delhi
India
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adolf Ceska" <aceska at telus.net>
To: "'TAXACOM'" <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>; <aceska at telus.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 9:33 PM
Subject: [Taxacom] Arctic Flora of the USSR translation


> The English translation of the Russian Arctic Flora, done by Graham
> Griffiths and edited by John Packer got stuck after the first three 
> volumes
> from the originally planned 6 volumes.
>
> See
>
> http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben352.html
>
>
>
> Graham Griffiths died in May 2009
>
> http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben/ben419.html
>
> and the English translation terminated just in the middle. Some remarkable
> parts, such as Yurztev's contributions to Rosaceae, are still avaiable 
> only
> in Russian.
>
>
>
> MY QUESTION: Is there any interest in continuing this translation? Am I
> beating a dead horse when I am calling for finishing it?
>
>
>
> Please,  reply to me directly at aceska at telus.net .
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Adolf
>
>
>
> Adolf Ceska, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
>
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