Dinesh ji You have bowled me out by suggesting the name of Mungo Park. I thought it is Indian name. The plant is of Indian origin and cultivated here for a long time. The answer to this question may be found in another question, has Linnaeus named some species after an author/person? and if yes names of such species. A big question mark? Linnaeus names his species in 1767, when Mungo Park was not born.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, ... is the epithet *mungo* commemorative for the Scottish > explorer of the African continent, Mungo Park (1771 – 1806) ? > ... if so, what were the regional (native) names of *mung* called earlier > to coining the epithet. > > > > This query is related to post at > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/894d590aec08192c?hl=en > > > > Regards. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
