Thank you Mr. Stephen for the explanation. If some other reseacher makes further changes, or discovers something new of the fern how will the be citation change then? Thank you. regards, Rashida.
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 16:09:48 +0530 Subject: [indiantreepix:17850] Re: Lygodium flexcuosum-climbing fern From: [email protected] To: [email protected] CC: [email protected] 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 -- Think about the Environment before printing this e-mail! ü +----------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------+ 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" _________________________________________________________________ Log on to MSN India for a lowdown on what’s hot in the world today http://in.msn.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
