Bergenia stracheyi (Hook.f. & Thomson) Engl. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 26: 842. 1868
Basionym: Saxifraga stracheyi Hook.f. & Thomson J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 2: 61. 1857 Bergenia is named for Karl August von Bergen, 18th century German physician and botanist. He is among those authors who wrote botanical treatise before Linnaeus, Flora Francofurtana (1750). Regards Pankaj -- *********************************************** "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
