Curcuma caulina is also accepted as correct name by K.C. Velayudhan et al., "Curcuma Genetic resouces" scientific Monograph No. 4, published by CSIR, NBPGR, 1999.
-- 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 Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dinesh ji > Just for information, in a very recent Paper by Jana Leong-Škorničková, > Otakar Šída & Karol Marhold "Back to types! Towards stability of names in > Indian Curcuma L. (Zingiberaceae)" published in TAXON 59 (1) • February > 2010: 269–282, the the name Hitchenia caulina (J. Graham) Baker is treated > as synonym of Curcuma caulina Graham. > > > -- > 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 Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Sorry, Hitchenia should be based on the name of a place!! >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 3:03 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hitchenia should be based on some one's name "HITCHEN' and 'caulina' >> > is from "cauline" which points at the "leaves emerging from the upper >> > part of the stem". >> > Regards >> > Pankaj >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:09 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Dear friends, >> >> >> >> Need to know the derivation of both Hitchenia and caulina. >> >> >> >> Regards. >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > *********************************************** >> > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >> > >> > >> > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> > Research Associate >> > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >> > Department of Habitat Ecology >> > Wildlife Institute of India >> > Post Box # 18 >> > Dehradun - 248001, India >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >> >> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> Research Associate >> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >> Department of Habitat Ecology >> Wildlife Institute of India >> Post Box # 18 >> Dehradun - 248001, India >> > > > >

