Yes, point noted Pankaj. The query was put with this very intention - when I thought I found two botanists working in India during the colonial times. 1) Dr B Heyne, a German 2) Benjamin Heyne, a Scott But later discovered both these were same identity.
Vijayasankar ji's information did raise the same doubt in my mind as your cautionary note. I will stress on validating the commemorations in all my future posts related to Names of Plants in India (of course, I would do my bit of study!) And will resurface my earlier posts for same interest. This discussion was particularly about Heyne; other commemorated botanists too would need to be checked. Many thanks and regards. Dinesh On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:13 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > Please remember that all species names with Heyne may not be originally > described from India. Another Karel Heyne also worked in Malaysia and the > same species might be found in India. > There were three Heynes connected to Botany as stated by Vijayshankar. > > As per the usage of the name, in simple words, > heynei: means BELONGING TO HEYNE (though the voucher may or may not > actually be collected by Heyne) > heyneana. heyneanum etc: means LIKE HEYNE. > > Nice discussion and nice information by Dr. Raju. > > Best regards > Pankaj > > > On Wednesday, 2 January 2013 03:05:56 UTC+8, Dinesh Valke wrote: >> >> Dear friends, >> >> I am believing all the Indian species with the commemorative epithets: >> heyneana, hyneanum, heynei ... are named for Dr B. Heyne, German botanist >> and traveller, co-author of Herbarium Maderaspatense ... Origins of >> Plant >> Names<http://books.google.co.in/books?id=RSGOJB2lwmUC&pg=PA91&lpg=PA91&dq=Dr+B+Heyne+Herbarium+Maderaspathense&source=bl&ots=ZHWbH4isdb&sig=NJyKX4aW10gFkblrokUp4JOTimI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5DLjUKqOJsrprAe4_IBA&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Dr%20B%20Heyne%20Herbarium%20Maderaspathense&f=false> >> >> Benjamin Heyne, Scottish surgeon, naturalist and botanist -- >> Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Heyne>-- >> *any of the species commemorative of him* ? >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> > -- > > > > --
