May be it was to honour *Nees*, a botanist... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Gottfried_Daniel_Nees_von_Esenbeck
With regards Vijayasankar On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > I am not sure, but NESO means island or somethign related to island. > May be it was found on some island. :p...the names suggests its based > on the name of a place most probably. > Regards > > Pankaj > > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Dear friends, > > > > 1) Can somebody help me know the derivation of the epithet - neesanum > > (context: Zingiber neesanum) > > - could it be derived from regional name in Maharashtra ? > > - in Shrikant ji's FOS and as also put at FOI, the regional name In > > Maharashtra is nisam निसम > > > > 2) Is Z. neesanum endemic to Western Ghats of Maharshtra and Goa ? > > What is the Konkani name (in Goa) ? > > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > > > > > > > >
