Dineshji and Singhji, Really your queries and responses are of immense knowledge. Thanks for sharing with us.
On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > ... was precisely the response sought Gurcharan ji. > Many thanks for providing the clarity regarding the time when the species > was named. > > First place of visit for meaning and pronunciation of botanical names is > Dave's botanary. > At > http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=mungo&Search.x=0&Search.y=0the > meaning for > *mungo* is: > ... *Possibly* named for 18th century Scottish explorer and plant > collector, Mungo Park > Their doubt is genuine because they may not be knowing that the epithet is > derived from the vernacular name of the plant. > > Second, got a book by S P Dixit (Divisinal Forest Officer) called > Scientific Names of Plants Explained. > That too carries the same doubt. > > So, many thanks for clarifying thoughts. > Thus, it would be: MUN-go -- name derived from the Sanskrit name of the > plant, मुद्ग (*mudga*) > > > Thus my query holds good: > ... why was *mung* not named *Vigna mungo* ? > at ... > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/4405ff6402e20ebc?hl=en# > > > Many thanks once again, Gurcharan ji for resolving my query. > > > Regards. > > > > > On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >> >> 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust Chennai - 61 www.careearthtrust.org -- 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.
