1807 should be the earliest - in the various Floras I have that mention it they refer to 1808 works, most commonly Eryng. Alep. Hist. 25, t. 2 (1808).
On Saturday, 27 December 2025 at 10:43:12 UTC Gurcharan Singh wrote: > Thanks David for pointing out, yes F. Delaroche would be more appropriate > The plant has been uploaded by me, I had abbreviated the name but given > full citation same as in Catalogue of Life > Eryng. Alep. Hist. 25, t. 2 (1808) > (POWO gives Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, sér. 2, 1: 87 (1807), > which should be correct? > . > Yes on Website it is Delile > > > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > https://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > > > On Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM David Merrick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There seems to be two versions of this name going - >> >> Eryngium billardieri Delile >> >> Eryngium billardierei F.Delaroche >> >> and the website has used both inconsistently (search for 'billardier') at >> >> https://efloraofindia.com/efi/eryngium/ >> >> https://efloraofindia.com/efi/eryngium-billardieri/ >> >> I presume this may have arisen by expanding an ambiguous author >> abbreviation "Del."; the form according to PoWo ( >> https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:841675-1), >> flora.org.il (https://flora.org.il/en/plants/erybil/), and others >> is Eryngium billardierei F.Delaroche >> >> All the best, David >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "eFloraofIndia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/6d12b94b-a299-4c2d-84f7-339c794db244n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/6d12b94b-a299-4c2d-84f7-339c794db244n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/c698997b-d67f-4a15-a301-20acb8232917n%40googlegroups.com.
