It is mentioned in the ref. given below that De Candolle thanked *Thomas Hitchen*, a 'dignified' Norwich advocate who sent 'excellent drawing' and plant specimens of Aloe ferox to him...so...probably Wallich honoured Hitchen for his contributions by erecting a genus in his name...
http://books.google.com/books?id=P1MCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1975-IA1&lpg=PA1975-IA1&dq=%2Bhitchen+botanist&source=bl&ots=HVqrq7LbXT&sig=GjhdCS7Sdz2c6Y6apvGwLQlJKXg&hl=en&ei=ttmGTMKBG8GAlAfcmdjXDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false With regards Vijayasankar On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > > >
