Dinesh ji Just for information, in a very recent Paper by Jana Leong-Škorničková, Otakar Šída & Karol Marhold "Back to types! Towards stability of names in Indian Curcuma L. (Zingiberaceae)" published in TAXON 59 (1) • February 2010: 269–282, the the name Hitchenia caulina (J. Graham) Baker is treated as synonym of Curcuma caulina Graham.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, Hitchenia should be based on the name of a place!! > Pankaj > > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 3:03 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hitchenia should be based on some one's name "HITCHEN' and 'caulina' > > is from "cauline" which points at the "leaves emerging from the upper > > part of the stem". > > Regards > > Pankaj > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:09 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear friends, > >> > >> Need to know the derivation of both Hitchenia and caulina. > >> > >> Regards. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > *********************************************** > > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > > Research Associate > > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > > Department of Habitat Ecology > > Wildlife Institute of India > > Post Box # 18 > > Dehradun - 248001, India > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India >
