Pakshirajan Lakshminarasimhan: a plant taxonomist who loved plants and people alike

摘要

Dr. Pakshirajan Lakshminarasimhan, a very prominentfgure in Indian plant taxonomy passed away in Puneon 15 July 2020 due to COVID-19 infecton. He retredmerely a year back as the in-charge of the WesternRegional Centre, Botanical Survey of India, Pune inAugust 2019. His farewell functon atended by a largegathering of his colleagues, friends, and students speakvolumes about how he nurtured relatonship with hiscolleagues and mentored his students during the courseof research actvites.