Great photography as usual Dinesh ji tanay
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: > ... many thanks for appending this useful information, Pankaj !! > Regards. > > > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Frédéric-Louis Allamand (February 5, 1736, Payerne, Vaud – after 1803) >> was a Swiss botanist at Leiden. >> Jacques Samuel Blanchet (1807-1875) >> >> Very few of the taxa where both generic and specific epithet are based >> on the name of persons. >> >> Full citation of the species is: >> >> Allamanda blanchetii A.DC. Prodr. (DC.) 8: 319. 1844 >> >> Thanks for sharing. >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:07 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Apocynaceae (dogbane family) » Allamanda blanchetii >> > >> > >> > al-uh-MAN-duh -- named for Dr. Allamand of Leyden who sent seeds to >> Linnaeus >> > blan-CHET-ee-eye -- named for J S Blanchet, Swiss merchant, consul and >> > naturalist >> > >> > >> > commonly known as: cherry allamanda, purple allamanda, violet allamanda >> > >> > >> > Native to: tropical South America >> > >> > >> > Attached views from Pherojshah Mehta Garden, Malabar Hill, Mumbai and a >> > resort (Native Place) near Kamshet, Pune >> > ... for high-res views: >> > >> http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Allamandablanchetii&w=91314344%40N00&s=int&m=tags >> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "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 >> > > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca
