Thank you very much, Pankaj. Regards. Dinesh
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > 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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