Ceropegia hirsuta Wight & Arn. Contr. Bot. India 30 (1834). Syn: Ceropegia hirsuta Hochst. ex Decne. Prodr. (DC.) 8: 644. 1844 (nom. inval.)
Type: Syntype - Robert Wight 1510, Neelgherries, India, s.d. [Herbarium-Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E)] Ceropegia is derived from the Greek keros (wax) and pege (fountain), referring to the appearance of the flower clusters. hirsuta is for the the plant part being covered with hairs or the surface is rough Regards Pankaj On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > Ati Sundar Satish Ji > > 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
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