Superb images and details. On 3 Nov 2016 9:20 pm, "Anil Thakur" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Pinus roxburghii (Syn. Pinus longifolia) > Common name: Chir pine > Shimla & Solan (H.P.) > March 2014 & October 2016 > > The species name Pinus longifolia was used by Salisbury for another > plant from southeastern United States in 1796 (accepted name Pinus > palustris Mill. given in 1768) . Unaware of this name, Roxburgh named > Himalayan chir pine as Pinus logifolia in 1803. Later, Sargent came > across this mistake and named it as P. roxburghii in honour of > Roxburgh in 1897. So, P. longifolia is an illegitimate later homonym > (Melbourne ICN Art. 53) that was unavailable for use. > > > -- > With best Regards, > > Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
