Many thanks, Pankaj for setting it right. Will make change in my notes. Regards.
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Plumeria obtusa L. Sp. Pl. 1: 210. 1753 > > ploo-MEER-ee-uh -- referring to a plume or feather. > > this is wrong. The name Plumeria stands for Charles Plumier as > mentioned by your later. > > Type: Lectotype (Icon) = "Plumeria flore niveo, foliis brevioribus > obtusis" in Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina, 2: 93, t. 93, 1743. > > PS: There are many such taxa for which no type specimen exsists > instead there are paintings. This is one such taxa and such types are > often designated as Iconotype. > > Regards > Pankaj > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the pics > > > > > > -- > > Regards > > > > Dr Balkar Singh > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > Arya P G College, Panipat > > Haryana-132103 > > 09416262964 > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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 >
