Dear RItesh Ji, As i was musing over the name of this plant and found meanings of its latin name, it appeared very amusing to me! According to 'Botanary<http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/>' :-
1. *Abroma <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/go/8271/#b>* = mildly toxic 2. *augusta<http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=augusta> * or *augustum<http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=augustum> * = noble. majestic So, *Abroma augusta* = mildly toxic (but) noble (lady, since it is a gender issue, AbroMA and augusTA) !!! Regards, surajit On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary <[email protected] > wrote: > Good morning Surajit Ji, > > Ambroma and Abroma is still a mystery to me! Waiting to hear from our > experts! > > And there is no such deadline defined yet...but it depends on your > perception of the classification system. If you want to follow APG....2009 > could be a deadline. Lets hear from others too. > > Best regards, > Ritesh. > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 11:26 AM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Good morning Ritesh Ji, >> >> Thank you very much for elaborating on 'A' and 'UM'. Please tell me - >> >> 1. how the names "Abroma" or "Ambroma" and "augusta" or "augustum" >> were selected? There is a 'botanary' available in Dave's Garden and it >> has " >> Abroma <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/go/8271/#b>" but no " >> Ambroma <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/vbl/a/1040>". >> 2. what is the deadline for the use of "Sterculiaceae" for *Abroma >> augusta*, or any other member of the same family (sterculiaceae)? >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Surajit Ji, >>>> >>> >>> Thanks for your message! >>> >>> Please don't worry about the 'augustum' and 'augusta' issue. Both are >>> same. As per ICBN guidelines, gender of the specific epithet should follow >>> the gender of the generic name....thats why it is AbroMA augusTA!! >>> Similarly DillenIA indiCA, MangifeRA indiCA etc. etc....I remember the >>> issue was discussed long back on eflora.....(conversation between Dr. >>> Gurucharan sir and Dr Pankaj). >>> >>> This link will help you to know more: >>> http://ina.tmsoc.org/announce/icbn.htm >>> >>> And yes, you can ask your students to treat A. augusta under >>> Malvaceae....even if they are submitting a research proposal (referring >>> APGIII). >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Ritesh. >>> >> >> > > > -- > Ritesh Kumar Choudhary, Ph.D. > International Biological Material Research Center > Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology > 125, Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu > Daejeon > South Korea-305-806 > > +82-42-879-8342 (O) > http://www.kribb.re.kr > > > "It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would > make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven > symphony as a variation of wave pressure." -- Albert Einstein >
