Good morning Usha Di Long time ago i read a a few lines about Alfred Nobel stating that he was afraid of mathematics in his childhood and that's why he didn't have any Nobel prize in Mathematics! There was another explanation too!
Don't know if Linnaeus had same experience with the 'W' or not! Regards, surajit On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 4:28 AM, ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com > wrote: > Dear Satish and Surajit... > resolved? not really... > > or yes, may be ha ha ... > > but there is *NO V *in this spelling or two of Dr * Leonhard Rauwolf > (also spelled > Rauwolff* name... > > that was the original question, was not it? > Usha di > === > > > > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:36 PM, surajit koley < > surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thank you once again Satish Sir. The mystery behind the names is resolved >> to the finest level. >> >> Regards, >> >> Surajit >> >> >> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> Surajit ji >>> We had a discussion earlier on this issue. Dear Pankaj kumar ji had >>> answered this query. >>> I am copy pasting what he had written in the post. >>> >>> * >>> Pankaj Kumar sahanipan...@gmail.com via googlegroups.com >>> 11/2/10 >>> >>> to indiantreepix >>> Just for correction. I realized that the accepted spelling is >>> Rauvolfia L. and not Rauwolfia L. >>> WHY? >>> Because it was named by Linnaeus like that although the name of person >>> on which the name of taxa was based was Leonhard Rauwolf (also spelled >>> Rauwolff) [(Augsburg, June 21 in either 1535 or 1540 – September 15, >>> 1596, Waitzen, Hungary) was a German physician, botanist and >>> traveller]. >>> >>> Rauvolfia Plum. ex L. Sp. Pl. 1: 208. 1753 >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> *On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:36 PM, surajit koley < >>> surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > >>> > Sir / Madam, >>> > >>> > An elaborate search in the net tells me that the accepted scientific >>> name of this species would be Rauvolfia serpentina. >>> > >>> > I wonder where from the name Rauwolfia serpentina came, as can be seen >>> in many old edition of text books, and also in - >>> http://kbd.kew.org/kbd/detailedresult.do?id=152609 , yet didn't find >>> any mention in http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-176968 ? >>> > >>> > Species : Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz, ; For. Fl. Br. >>> Burma 2: 171 (1877). >>> > Habit & Habitat : herb, plant height 2 feet avg., wild & cultivated >>> > Date : 25-07-2009 & 27-07-2009 >>> > Place : Garalgacha (Hooghly) >>> > ID help : >>> http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sarpagandha.html >>> > >>> > Thank you & Regards, >>> > >>> > Surajit Koley >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr Satish Phadke >> >> >> > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > >
