Dont mind my collect please. I am trying to find the second protologue !!! cant find anywhere....
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 6:55 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Thank you very much, Pankaj. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Sir Lamarck didnt colelct all plants from wild. People colelcted from >> different parts of the world and were transfered to Paris during French >> rule. Same as Linnaeus who never came to India but described plants from >> India. And same as Jacquin. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> 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. 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