i wonder if it was named as 'neesianum' or 'neesii' it would have been better, as told by Gurcharan ji.
With regards Vijayasankar On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > ... apologies ... subject title of this post carries the spelling wrong ... > it must be *neesanum*. > Regards. > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> ... me too strongly think *neesanum* to be in honour of Nees von Esenbeck >> >> ... broad reference: A Sketch of the History of Indian Botany ... >> http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/sahyadri/wgbis_info/botanical.htm >> >> Many thanks Vijayasankar ji for pointing out ... many thanks Gurcharan ji >> -- considering this to be some sort of exception in commemorative naming. >> Many thanks Pankaj for quick responses. >> >> >> The other query of this post is distribution of *Zingiber neesanum* in >> India (elsewhere in world) and want to know its regional names. >> This plant is rarely found on internet !! and not found in resource texts >> available with me !! >> >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Vijayasankar >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> How about this hero: >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Friedrich_Ludwig_Nees_von_Esenbeck >>> >>> Many botanical names in Acanthaceae has his (Nees) name as author name. >>> Perhaps if we check Brummit & Powel's book, we will come to know about other >>> names with Nees. >>> >>> With regards >>> >>> Vijayasankar >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> by the way, he never came to India or worked on Indian plants. Will >>>> someone name the plant after him in that case? >>>> Pankaj >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Vijayasankar < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> > May be it was to honour Nees, a botanist... >>>> > >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Gottfried_Daniel_Nees_von_Esenbeck >>>> > With regards >>>> > >>>> > Vijayasankar >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Pankaj Kumar < >>>> [email protected]> >>>> > wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> I am not sure, but NESO means island or somethign related to island. >>>> >> May be it was found on some island. :p...the names suggests its based >>>> >> on the name of a place most probably. >>>> >> Regards >>>> >> >>>> >> Pankaj >>>> >> >>>> >> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Dinesh Valke < >>>> [email protected]> >>>> >> wrote: >>>> >> > Dear friends, >>>> >> > >>>> >> > 1) Can somebody help me know the derivation of the epithet - >>>> neesanum >>>> >> > (context: Zingiber neesanum) >>>> >> > - could it be derived from regional name in Maharashtra ? >>>> >> > - in Shrikant ji's FOS and as also put at FOI, the regional name In >>>> >> > Maharashtra is nisam निसम >>>> >> > >>>> >> > 2) Is Z. neesanum endemic to Western Ghats of Maharshtra and Goa ? >>>> >> > What is the Konkani name (in Goa) ? >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Regards. >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>> >>> >> >
