... me too strongly think *neesanum* to be in honour of Nees von Esenbeck ... broad reference: A Sketch of the History of Indian Botany ... http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/sahyadri/wgbis_info/botanical.htm
Many thanks Vijayasankar ji for pointing out ... many thanks Gurcharan ji -- considering this to be some sort of exception in commemorative naming. Many thanks Pankaj for quick responses. The other query of this post is distribution of *Zingiber neesanum* in India (elsewhere in world) and want to know its regional names. This plant is rarely found on internet !! and not found in resource texts available with me !! Regards. On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>wrote: > How about this hero: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Friedrich_Ludwig_Nees_von_Esenbeck > > Many botanical names in Acanthaceae has his (Nees) name as author name. > Perhaps if we check Brummit & Powel's book, we will come to know about other > names with Nees. > > With regards > > Vijayasankar > > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> by the way, he never came to India or worked on Indian plants. Will >> someone name the plant after him in that case? >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > May be it was to honour Nees, a botanist... >> > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Gottfried_Daniel_Nees_von_Esenbeck >> > With regards >> > >> > Vijayasankar >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> I am not sure, but NESO means island or somethign related to island. >> >> May be it was found on some island. :p...the names suggests its based >> >> on the name of a place most probably. >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > Dear friends, >> >> > >> >> > 1) Can somebody help me know the derivation of the epithet - neesanum >> >> > (context: Zingiber neesanum) >> >> > - could it be derived from regional name in Maharashtra ? >> >> > - in Shrikant ji's FOS and as also put at FOI, the regional name In >> >> > Maharashtra is nisam निसम >> >> > >> >> > 2) Is Z. neesanum endemic to Western Ghats of Maharshtra and Goa ? >> >> > What is the Konkani name (in Goa) ? >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Regards. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >
