Thanks Mr.Chris. Regards, Shobha On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 7:13 PM, C CHADWELL <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for information. I understand now. > > It illustrates the problems (and often confusion) caused by common names > which are applied > differently in different regions of a country or parts of the world. > > My understanding of 'Rhododendron' is a plant belonging to a genus within > the Ericaceae family. > Whereas 'Melastoma' belongs to the Melastomataceae family - which are not > similar, so as a botanist > this common name seems incorrect to me. > > In the UK, the common name "bluebells" is used in England for a completely > different plant, belonging to > a totally different family compared to its use in Scotland. > > *I recently read the paragraph in 'Supplement to Flowers of the Himalaya' > by Stainton about the use of Latin* > *names despite the indisputable fact that it is the only universally valid > (and accepted) way of referring to* > *a plant.* > > *I fully endorse this as I can communicate with botanists is Japan, > Russia, Norway or wherever who have minimal* > *English using Latin names.* > > *Anyhow, the main point is that Stainton stated that when describing > Himalayan flora English names can be applied* > *only where the species also occurs in Britain or where it is so > well-known as to have acquired an English name even* > *though it does not grow there. * > > *After publication of 'Flowers of the Himalaya' some regrets were > expressed that no vernacular names* > *had been included. The difficulty being that more than one language is > involved, not only Hindi and Nepali, but also the various Tibetan dialects, > the Nepali caste languages, Kashmiri and doubtless other variants as well. > And even among speakers of the same language the name used for a plant may > well differ from one area to another. To have included vernacular names in > the text would therefore have been a task to tax the skills of a trained > philologist!* > > *Definitely, the inclusion of as many local names in addition to the Latin > names (which are troubling enough with so many changes)* > *is valuable and informative for efloraofIndia, hopefully helping to > engage with more people.* > > *I regularly lecture about my travels in the Himalaya (telling them it is > Himalaya and not Himalayas) to clubs and societies interested in garden > plants. Many struggle with Latin names so I used common names as well when > they exist but it is essential to use the Latin ones.* > > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Shobha Halwe-Chavda <[email protected]> > *To:* efloraofindia <[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected]; [email protected] > *Sent:* Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 8:42 > *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:255328] Re: Flower for Id -ID27102016SH2 > > Mr.Chris, > It's the same thread in discussion- the pink flower "copy of Meghalaya > 188' posted.I read on Google that *Melastoma melabathricum *is also known > as Indian Rhododendron hence asked the question. > Regards, > Shobha > > On Wednesday, 2 November 2016 07:02:11 UTC+5:30, > [email protected] wrote: > > Sorry, I am confused. Which plant/images are you asking about? > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Shobha Halwe-Chavda <[email protected]> > *To:* efloraofindia <indian...@googlegroups. com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, 1 November 2016, 13:38 > *Subject:* [efloraofindia:255328] Re: Flower for Id -ID27102016SH2 > > Thanks, Chadwell ji and Lalithamba. > Is this also a Rhododendron variety ? > Regards, > Shobha > > > > On Thursday, 27 October 2016 16:11:32 UTC+5:30, Shobha Halwe-Chavda wrote: > > Dear Friends, > Flower for Id pl. > Location - Cherrapunji > Date - 16.10.2016 > Regards, > Shobha Chavda > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/indiantreepix/ hGAlTaT3dm4/unsubscribe > <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/hGAlTaT3dm4/unsubscribe>. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > indiantreepi...@ > googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] . > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/ group/indiantreepix > <https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ optout > <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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
