Dear, Sw means Swartz, Olof or Olavo (Peter) (1760-1818) In botanical nomenclature the two terms are known as Generic name and specific epithet. This is known as Binomial nomenclature. Usually it follows an author name who describe that particular species first. In your case (L.) stands for Linnaeus who described this species first but later Swartz changed this name according to his own research. That is why the first author is given in brackets. This is called author citation. This is very much useful in order to know who has described this particular species and to locate the original publication in which it got published.
Hope you got clarified, if you don't feel free to ask your doubts. Regards, Stephen... On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 3:34 PM, rashida atthar <[email protected]>wrote: > Sorry spelling correction, it should read without the 'C' as Lygodium > flexuosum (L.) sw. > I do not know what sw stands for. Experts may please enlighten us on the > same. Thank you. > > regards, > Rashida. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [indiantreepix:17825] Lygodium flexcuosum-climbing fern > Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 06:42:49 +0000 > > > > Perhaps the only climbing fern in India was seen at the national park in > Mumbai yesterday. The variuos stages were seen at the same place. It is very > interesting to read about the fern. In India it is being used in Ayurveda > and by tribals like Santhals and others whereas, it is considered a weed in > Statesand some other countries. > > regards, > Rashida. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > From the hottest sporting action to the latest in news, style and > entertainment, it's all on MSN India <http://in.msn.com/> > > > -- Think about the Environment before printing this e-mail! ΓΌ +----------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------+ Think B4U Print 1 ream of paper = 6% of a tree and 5.4kg CO2 in the atmosphere 3 sheets of A4 paper = 1 litre of water +----------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------+ "Lets Protect What We Enjoy" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
