Yes it is true but the member of Apocynaceae has be correctly spelled as Rauvolfia.
Code clearly states "A legitimate name must not be rejected merely because it, or its epithet, is inappropriate or disagreeable, or because another is preferable" Scilla peruviana L. does not grow in Peru, but can't be rejected on this count. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Actually its another case of accepting a wrong name, because it > originated that way by Linnaeus himself. > > Rauvolfia is named after Leonhard Rauwolf but it should have been > Rauwolfia which it is not. > > Regards > Pankaj > > > > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Mahadeshwara ji > > The correct spellings are Rauvolfia and not Rauwolfia, although several > > people have been using Rauwolfia for our two common species R. serpentina > > and R. tetraphylla. > > Genus name Rauvolfia was given by Linneaus, 1753 > > It is important to not that according to IPNI there is a distinct genus > > Rauwolfia from family Verbenaceae, described by Ruiz. & Pav., 1799 with > two > > species Rauwolfia pubescens Willd ex Roem. & Schult. and Rauwolfia > spinosa > > Cav. > > > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > Retired Associate Professor > > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- > > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Yes. It is indeed Rauwolfia tetraphylla. See earlier postings > >> also, on this site. > >> > >> On Nov 17, 3:34 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Rauvolfia tetraphylla > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > >> > Retired Associate Professor > >> > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > >> > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > >> > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >> > > >> > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 10:20 AM, raju das <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > > Dear all, > >> > > Rauwolfia tetraphylla . Photographed during June/09 from Assam > >> > > >> > > -- > >> > > Raju Das > >> > > Nature's Foster > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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 >
