... apologies ... subject title of this post carries the spelling wrong ... it must be *neesanum*. Regards.
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: > ... me too strongly think *neesanum* to be in honour of Nees von Esenbeck > ... broad reference: A Sketch of the History of Indian Botany ... > http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/sahyadri/wgbis_info/botanical.htm > > Many thanks Vijayasankar ji for pointing out ... many thanks Gurcharan ji > -- considering this to be some sort of exception in commemorative naming. > Many thanks Pankaj for quick responses. > > > The other query of this post is distribution of *Zingiber neesanum* in > India (elsewhere in world) and want to know its regional names. > This plant is rarely found on internet !! and not found in resource texts > available with me !! > > Regards. > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Vijayasankar > <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> 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. >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> > >>> > >>> >> >> >
