Hi Gurcharan ji I was referring only regarding the exact wording of Marathi name of *Acacia ferruginea.* Rest of the discussions have there own relevance. Satish 2009/10/25 Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>
> I could not reconcile to the statement: > > Thanks Satish Ji, both are same; Prosopis cineraria is the accepted name > and P. cineraria is synonym. > > The word synonym does not have any relevance here. There is a convention > allowed by botanical Code that when we use the name of a species in a > document, the first time generic name is written in complete hence Prosopis > cineraria. When we are repeating the name of the same (P. cineraria) species > or another species of the same genus (P. juliflora), only first initial > letter of the genus is written before the specific epithet. So it would be > wrong to say P. cineraria is a synonym of Prosopis cineraria. In fact they > are the same. > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College > University of Delhi, Delhi > India > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45> > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Satish Phadke <[email protected]> > *To:* Swagat <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Vijayasankar Raman <[email protected]> ; satish > pardeshi<[email protected]>; > indiantreepix <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, October 24, 2009 10:33 PM > *Subject:* [indiantreepix:21449] Re: Fwd: [indiantreepix:19398] Hail the > Banni Tree - a symbol of prosperity and peace > > I think it is खैर rather than केर. > > 2009/10/24 Swagat <[email protected]> > >> Dear all, >> >> *'Acacia ferruginea' *is called *'Ker' / 'Kaigar' 'केर' / 'कैगर' *in >> Marathi. >> >> Regards, >> >> ~Swagat >> 9223217568 >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> 2009/10/23 Vijayasankar Raman <[email protected]> >> >> Thanks Satish Ji, both are same; Prosopis cineraria is the accepted name >>> and P. cineraria is synonym. (as you know, P. juliflora is a different >>> species native to America but widely naturalized here). >>> >>> -- >>> With regards >>> >>> R. Vijayasankar >>> FRLHT, Bangalore >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> 'I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I >> can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do.' - Helen >> Keller >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
