I got the answer of my second question after googling, name is valid...first question stands..
On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Very interesting indeed...thanks, don't you have pics of any Aa species? > is this name still valid?? > > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Oh! >> Thanks Pankaj for this information. >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (Dresden, 3 January 1823 – Hamburg, 6 May >>> 1889) was a botanist and the foremost German orchidologist of the 19th >>> century. His father Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (author of >>> Icones Florae Germanicae et Helveticae) was also a well-known >>> botanist. >>> He had this very strange desire that when ever a plant dictionary is >>> made, the plant name on the top should belong to him. To fulfill his >>> desires, he named an orchid genus as "Aa". >>> This genus is represented by around 35 species distributed from >>> Central America to Northwest Argentina. >>> >>> Pankaj >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *********************************************************** >>> Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. >>> IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia >>> >>> Office: >>> Conservation Officer >>> Orchid Conservation Section >>> Flora Conservation Department >>> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >>> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> Residence: >>> 151, 1st Floor, Tai Om Tsuen >>> Lam Tsuen, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> >>> email: [email protected]; [email protected] >>> Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 >>> (mobile). Fax: +852 2483 7194 >>> >>> -- >>> 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]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> 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]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Dr. Nidhan Singh > Assistant Professor > Department of Botany > I.B. (PG) College > Panipat-132103 Haryana > Ph.: 09416371227 > -- Regards, Dr. Nidhan Singh Assistant Professor Department of Botany I.B. (PG) College Panipat-132103 Haryana Ph.: 09416371227 -- 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
