How about this hero: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Friedrich_Ludwig_Nees_von_Esenbeck
Many botanical names in Acanthaceae has his (Nees) name as author name. Perhaps if we check Brummit & Powel's book, we will come to know about other names with Nees. With regards Vijayasankar On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > by the way, he never came to India or worked on Indian plants. Will > someone name the plant after him in that case? > Pankaj > > > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 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. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > >
