And for those who would wonder why only latin, it is because the formal language of people who studied nature systematically was latin. At present too if anyone describes a new plant species it has to be described in latin (not so for animals though- dont know why) and it is very convenient as latin is extremely precise in grammar, and has large and flexible in vocabulary to accommodate all diversity seen in a plant (more than 10 words to describe leaf texture!) and new words can always be latinised to expand the vocabulary. So it is more or less botanical latin that we speak and not 'latin' alone. aparna
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 1:00 AM, Dr. Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > > In botanical nomenclature, the Principle V of ICBN (currently Vienna > Code) says,"Scientific names of taxonomic groups are treated as Latin > regardless of their derivation.". There are many such examples where > two words are mixed together to make one species or generic name, for > example, "Ophioglossum" (Ophio is greek meaning, Snake, and glossum is > also greek meaning tongue); "Bulbophyllum" (Bulb is english and > phyllum is greek for leaves), not a big deal... > Putranjiva is a sanskrit word that too made of two more sansrit words, > Putra and Jeeva, but when written in botany it will be automatically > treated as LATIN!! > > > -- Dr. Aparna Watve Dr. Aparna Watve Asha Appt, Shanti Nagar, Ekata Colony Nr. BSNL tower, Akbar Ward, Seoni.480661 tel: 07692-228115 mobile: (0)9755667710 and 9822597288 still works --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
