Because of such thoughts and comments we are lagging far behind in this field. DSRawat Pantnagar
Dr D.S.Rawat Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, INDIA On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 12:06 AM, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> wrote: > Sometimes back a senior scientist commented in a reputed Indian journal > that he feels pity for the taxonomists who keep on digging and searching > old literature in search of correct name of a plant which is a wastage of > time! > > On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Ushadi Micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> thank you Dr Rawat >> that explains the frequent name changes >> >> i have seen botanists at some renowned bot gs some of whom did only do >> just that spend their office time in tracking the order of discoveries >> drove me bonkers, they could have gone on to learn the newer fields of >> study and analysis... >> but it looked like inertia at worst >> or obsession at best >> or fear of newer avenues to do investigation with.. such as molecular >> biology >> >> ah, >> se la vie >> usha di >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 5:08 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Usha Di >>> It is restoration of correct name rather than intentional name changing. >>> This plant was first described by Royle in 1836. Later Blatter and Mc >>> Cann also described the same plant (obviously collected from Maharashtra) >>> in 1931 without knowing that it is already described. >>> ICN (International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants) >>> simply says that earliest legitimate name will only be the correct name so >>> that due credit is given to the author describing the species first. >>> The case remained unnoticed but now sorted out; credit now to Royle who >>> introduced this plant to science first.. >>> The epithet "nana" indicate small nature of plant. >>> Botanists (particularly Taxonomists) have a large set of rules (ICN) for >>> naming plants and they follow it. Some of them keep searching history of >>> names and correcting them throughout their research career. >>> Regards. >>> DSRawat Pantnagar >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Dr D.S.Rawat >>> Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & >>> Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, INDIA >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Ushadi Micromini < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dr Rawt >>>> >>>> I knew it as a *Euphorbia panchganiensis* >>>> >>>> so i had googled it middle of the nite >>>> and was surprised to see name nana >>>> >>>> what makes people change an obviously indian origin name to a >>>> nondescript name like nana >>>> >>>> this is what i dont understand >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> usha di >>>> >>>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 1:08 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected] >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks to the people conserving it. >>>>> The earlier name was *Euphorbia panchganiensis* Blatt. & Mc Cann >>>>> synonymysed with it now. >>>>> Mentioned in Red Data Book of Indian Plants Vol-3:122-123 as rare. >>>>> Earlier known from Maharashtra as *E.panchganiensis* but now known >>>>> from Western Himalaya too. >>>>> Thanks for showing this rare species Sir! >>>>> I never saw it in Uttarakhand during last two and a half decade. >>>>> >>>>> DSRawat Pantnagar >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 10:14:29 PM UTC+5:30, tchakrab wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Ex situ conservation at Botanical Survey of India, Pune. >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Tapas. >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Usha di >>>> =========== >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> > > -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
