Sir Lamarck didnt colelct all plants from wild. People colelcted from different parts of the world and were transfered to Paris during French rule. Same as Linnaeus who never came to India but described plants from India. And same as Jacquin.
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Pankaj, ... many thanks your thoughts; it helped me know *mauritiana*is > based on Mauritius. > "Logically Mauritania should have been changed to latin as Mauritaniana" > ... is the logic true in case of Mauritius? :-) > > > *What I found:* > This species was first described by the French biologist J. B. Lamarck, > from a specimen in a botanical garden in Paris, but he did not state why he > decided to name it after Mauritius Island. ... Wildflowers of > Israel<http://www.wildflowers.co.il/kkl/english/plant.asp?ID=2430> > . > > > *Ipomoea mauritiana *has following names: > 1) Mauritanian convolvulus ... NPGS / > GRIN<http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?311648> > 2) Mauritiana Morning Glory ... > Plantilus<http://plantilus.com/plantdb/IpomMaur/index.html>... though > Mauritiana here is just the epithet, not name of any place in > world. > > *and,* > mauritiana => refers to ancient Mauritania ... V I R B O G > A<http://www.virboga.de/Ipomoea_mauritiana.htm> > > *however,* > Type Specimens > T: ; ; Cultivated in Vienna from material collected in Mauritius ... > Tropicos <http://www.tropicos.org/name/8502545> > > > Thanks once again ... taking it as based on Mauritius. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Mauritius was under French rule during the period when this fruit was >> described by Lamarck who was also French. Hence *Ziziphus mauritiana* Lam. >> should be based on Mauritius. >> Ipomoea mauritiana was described by Jacquin who again was a French and >> worked in South Africa too. I assume both name comes from Mauritius. >> Logically Mauritania should have been changed to latin as Mauritaniana!! >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 4:30 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. >>> >>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>> >>> By the way, this query arose on finding some of the sites and reference >>> books relating *mauritiana* to Mauritius. >>> Regards. >>> >>> Dinesh >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >>> Date: 13 April 2013 11:59 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:151926] Query :: specific epithet (based on >>> geographical name) :: mauritiana >>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> Dear friends, >>> >>> While compiling names of *Ipomoea mauritiana* Jacq. and *Ziziphus >>> mauritiana* Lam. >>> - want to make sure that *mauritiana *is of or from: Mauritania >>> (country in w Africa) AND not to be confused with Mauritius (island in >>> Indian Ocean) >>> >>> *Ipomoea mauritiana *has: >>> 1) one name - Mauritanian convolvulus ... NPGS / >>> GRIN<http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?311648> >>> 2) its origins ... uncertain, but it has been recorded in West Africa, >>> including in Gambia and the riparian forests of Benin ... >>> Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_mauritiana> >>> Both Gambia and Benin are neighbouring countries of Mauritania. >>> >>> >>> BUT when looking up for *Ziziphus mauritiana*, do not find it >>> pertaining in any way to Mauritania (nor Mauritius). >>> Can someone help me ? >>> >>> >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& >>> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >>> alphabetically & place-wise): >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. 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