Mauritius was under French rule during the period when this fruit was described by Lamarck who was also French. Hence *Ziziphus mauritiana* Lam. should be based on Mauritius. Ipomoea mauritiana was described by Jacquin who again was a French and worked in South Africa too. I assume both name comes from Mauritius. Logically Mauritania should have been changed to latin as Mauritaniana!! Pankaj
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 4:30 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > By the way, this query arose on finding some of the sites and reference > books relating *mauritiana* to Mauritius. > Regards. > > Dinesh > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > Date: 13 April 2013 11:59 > Subject: [efloraofindia:151926] Query :: specific epithet (based on > geographical name) :: mauritiana > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Dear friends, > > While compiling names of *Ipomoea mauritiana* Jacq. and *Ziziphus > mauritiana* Lam. > - want to make sure that *mauritiana *is of or from: Mauritania (country > in w Africa) AND not to be confused with Mauritius (island in Indian Ocean) > > *Ipomoea mauritiana *has: > 1) one name - Mauritanian convolvulus ... NPGS / > GRIN<http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?311648> > 2) its origins ... uncertain, but it has been recorded in West Africa, > including in Gambia and the riparian forests of Benin ... > Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_mauritiana> > Both Gambia and Benin are neighbouring countries of Mauritania. > > > BUT when looking up for *Ziziphus mauritiana*, do not find it pertaining > in any way to Mauritania (nor Mauritius). > Can someone help me ? > > > Regards. > Dinesh > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world): > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2085 members & > 1,50,000 messages on 31/3/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 8000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- *********************************************************** Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia Office: Conservation Officer Orchid Conservation Section Flora Conservation Department Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. Residence: 151, 1st Floor, Tai Om Tsuen Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. email: [email protected]; [email protected] Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 (mobile). Fax: +852 2483 7194 -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
