Dear Pankaj, ... many thanks your thoughts; it helped me know *mauritiana*is based on Mauritius. "Logically Mauritania should have been changed to latin as Mauritaniana" ... is the logic true in case of Mauritius? :-)
*What I found:* This species was first described by the French biologist J. B. Lamarck, from a specimen in a botanical garden in Paris, but he did not state why he decided to name it after Mauritius Island. ... Wildflowers of Israel<http://www.wildflowers.co.il/kkl/english/plant.asp?ID=2430> . *Ipomoea mauritiana *has following names: 1) Mauritanian convolvulus ... NPGS / GRIN<http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?311648> 2) Mauritiana Morning Glory ... Plantilus<http://plantilus.com/plantdb/IpomMaur/index.html>... though Mauritiana here is just the epithet, not name of any place in world. *and,* mauritiana => refers to ancient Mauritania ... V I R B O G A<http://www.virboga.de/Ipomoea_mauritiana.htm> *however,* Type Specimens T: ; ; Cultivated in Vienna from material collected in Mauritius ... Tropicos <http://www.tropicos.org/name/8502545> Thanks once again ... taking it as based on Mauritius. Regards. Dinesh On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > 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.
