Yes satish ji Most specific epithets have some meaning attanched to them: nigra (nigrum, nigrus) is black (any part of the plant) alba (album, albus) is white sativa (sativum, sativus) is a field crop repens is creeping flava (flavum, flavus) is yellow juncea (junceum, junceus) is brown and so on
Gurcharan Singh On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: > When I checked the Latin meanings I found that > *aspera *means rough > *longifolia *means long leaf. > Accordingly the names of the species described appear self explanatory at > least in this case. > Dr Phadke > > > 2009/9/11 Avinash dada <[email protected]>: > > L. longifolia only > > > > > > On 9/10/09, Rani Bhagat <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I think it is not L. aspera it is Lucas longifolia pls check > >> > >> On 9/11/09, Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Name of Species: Leucas aspera (Leucas plukenetii) > >>> Common Name: Tamba (marathi), Common Leucas (English) & Chota halkkusa > >>> (Hindi) > >>> Family: Labiatae > >>> Conservation status: Dovumented in Koyna WLS by state FD, leaves are > >>> used in traditional medicines by tribes. > >>> Photographed: 15th August,2009 > >>> Location: Purendar Fort, Near Satara > >>> Camera: Olympus SP570UZ > >>> Lens: OLYMPUS ED LENS AF ZOOM 4.6 - 92 mm, 1:2.8 - 4.6 > >>> Description: An erect, slender, fragrant annual herb, which is seen > >>> commonly in harvested fields and on roadsides. Flowers between > >>> July to November. > > > > > -- > > http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com > > > > > -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Department of Botany SGTB Khalsa College University of Delhi Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj Vikas Puri New Delhi-110018 Phone: 011025518297 Mobile: 9810359089 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
