Forwarding pl. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: sabu mamiyil <[email protected]> Date: 10 March 2012 16:00 Subject: Book on Hortus Malabaricus
Dear All, I am happy to announce the release of the Book entitled "Hortus Malabaricus and Socio-cultural Heritage of India" authored by Prof. Manilal by The Hon. Vice Chancellor of Calicut Prof. Abdul Salam on 17th February 2012 at a function held at Botany Department, Calicut University. The book is published by IAAT and is now available for sale.p.328. Hard Bound. INR 700.00. ISBN: 81-901637-3-6 The content page is shown below. This gives the essence of Hortus Malabasicus in a nutshell. A discount of Rs. 200.00 will be given for all IAAT Members. Please add Rs. 25.00 towards postage. For copies please contact the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy University of Calicut , Calicut- 673 635. India . ([email protected]) The DD for Rs. 525.00 drawn on State Bank Travancore, Calicut in favour of The Trasurer, IAAT and send to The Treasurer, Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy, Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala, 673635. RELEASED. *“HORTUS MALABARICUS AND* *THE SOCIO-CULTURAL HERITAGE OF INDIA ”* K.S.Manilal Contents: *Acknowledgements. * Chapter 1. Botanical Knowledge of Malabar in the 17th Century European Book: Hortus Malabaricus.* * Chapter 2. Medicinal Plants Described in van Rheede’s Hortus Malabaricus, Published in 1678 and its Current Relevance to the People of India Today. Chapter 3. A Study on the Role of Itty Achuden in the Compilation of Hortus Malabaricus. Chapter 4. Two Hungarian Theologians associated with Hortus Malabaricus and the impact of the book on the medical science in medieval Europe . Chapter 5. The History of the Frontispiece Drawing of Hortus Malabaricus. Chapter 6. Carl Linnaeus’ Species Plantarum and Hortus Malabaricus. Chapter 7. An analysis of the data on the medicinal plants recorded in the Twelve Volumes of Hortus Malabaricus. * * Chapter 8. Volume-wise General Index, with Malayalam name, Scientific name and Family Name of plants described and illustrated in Hortus Malabaricus. Chapter 9. The Malayalam names of the plants of Malabar in Van Rheede’s Hortus Malabaricus, cited by Linnaeus in his classic, Species Plantarum*.* Chapter 10. A list of the well known researchers of Europe who had worked on the botany of the plants of Hortus Malabaricus. Chapter 11. On the Trail of Rheedean Specimens. Chapter 12. Different types of Numerals and Numerical Systems appearing in a book on plants of Malabar and the possible social significance of some of them. Chapter 13. The correct spelling of van Rheede’s name. Chapter 14. Destiny of the Dutch soldier Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede, and his academic ambitions and aspirations in Malabar. Chapter 15. The indigenous medical knowledge of the early modern people of Malabar and their ancient cultural heritage. *References. * Thank you Regards.With best regards Dr.M.Sabu Professor Treasurer, IAAT Taxonomy and Floristics Division Department of Botany Calicut University Kerala 673635, India. Phone: Off. 91-494-2401144 ext.*406,407,408 Res. 91-495-2431545 Fax. 91-494-2400269 Mobile: 9447636333 Email. **** www.gingersofindia.com> -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1820 members & 1,10,000 messages on 29/2/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
