Thank you Dr. Rawat for explanation. Regards, TC. On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 5:08 PM, D.S Rawat <drdsrawat.alpin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Usha Di > It is restoration of correct name rather than intentional name changing. > This plant was first described by Royle in 1836. Later Blatter and Mc Cann > also described the same plant (obviously collected from Maharashtra) in > 1931 without knowing that it is already described. > ICN (International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants) > simply says that earliest legitimate name will only be the correct name so > that due credit is given to the author describing the species first. > The case remained unnoticed but now sorted out; credit now to Royle who > introduced this plant to science first.. > The epithet "nana" indicate small nature of plant. > Botanists (particularly Taxonomists) have a large set of rules (ICN) for > naming plants and they follow it. Some of them keep searching history of > names and correcting them throughout their research career. > Regards. > DSRawat Pantnagar > > > > > Dr D.S.Rawat > Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & > Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, INDIA > > > On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Ushadi Micromini < > microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dr Rawt >> >> I knew it as a *Euphorbia panchganiensis* >> >> so i had googled it middle of the nite >> and was surprised to see name nana >> >> what makes people change an obviously indian origin name to a >> nondescript name like nana >> >> this is what i dont understand >> >> >> >> usha di >> >> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 1:08 PM, D.S Rawat <drdsrawat.alpin...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks to the people conserving it. >>> The earlier name was *Euphorbia panchganiensis* Blatt. & Mc Cann >>> synonymysed with it now. >>> Mentioned in Red Data Book of Indian Plants Vol-3:122-123 as rare. >>> Earlier known from Maharashtra as *E.panchganiensis* but now known from >>> Western Himalaya too. >>> Thanks for showing this rare species Sir! >>> I never saw it in Uttarakhand during last two and a half decade. >>> >>> DSRawat Pantnagar >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 10:14:29 PM UTC+5:30, tchakrab wrote: >>>> >>>> Ex situ conservation at Botanical Survey of India, Pune. >>>> Regards, >>>> Tapas. >>>> >>> -- >>> 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> > > -- > 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
