Thanks a lot Vijay. I first thought that it should be based on persons name but then "enia" is usually applied to the name of a place in Latin, so got confused. I have sent a mail to Jana in Singapore, she happens to be one of my very good friends and a Zingiber expert. But she is out of station till 9th. Will wait for her reply and also for the status of the name. Regards Pankaj
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 6:32 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > It is mentioned in the ref. given below that De Candolle thanked Thomas > Hitchen, a 'dignified' Norwich advocate who sent 'excellent drawing' and > plant specimens of Aloe ferox to him...so...probably Wallich honoured > Hitchen for his contributions by erecting a genus in his name... > > http://books.google.com/books?id=P1MCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1975-IA1&lpg=PA1975-IA1&dq=%2Bhitchen+botanist&source=bl&ots=HVqrq7LbXT&sig=GjhdCS7Sdz2c6Y6apvGwLQlJKXg&hl=en&ei=ttmGTMKBG8GAlAfcmdjXDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false > > With regards > > Vijayasankar > > > On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 6:44 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 >> >> >> > > -- *********************************************** "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
