No issues Pankaj ji. We are here for frank discussion, and it always helps, as we have seen earlier also.
-- 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 Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the information. Its my mistake, I have overlook, and plz > accept my apologies for the same. > > Secondly, whatever I comment, I comment on your comment and not on you > as a person. So please dont take it on yourself. Your knowledge on > Himalayan plants is too vast than mine for sure. > > At that time I had checked to see if there was name as tautonyms, and > yes I found one. So I concluded. > > Leontopodium leontopodium H.Karst. Deut. Fl. (Karsten) 1074. (1883 ) > Interestingly they have not called it invalid!! > > Now I checked for the other one which you gave and I overlooked. It is > also there: > Leontopodium leontopodinum Hand.-Mazz. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. xliv. II. > 118 (1927). > > Hope you can understand why I understood it wrongly. > > Sorry once again. > Regards > Pankaj > > > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:11 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Pankaj ji > > How did you imagine that I don't know what is a tautonym? The given name > is > > Leontopodium leontopodinum (and not Leontopodium leontopodium). It is > plant > > of higher altitudes growing in wet places with leaves broader than L. > > himalayanum. > > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242426815 > > > http://mobot.mobot.org/cgi-bin/search_pick?name=Leontopodium+leontopodinum > > You may also check IPNI for satisfaction. > > > > -- > > 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 Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:46 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Botanically Leontopodium leontopodium is incorrect a tautonyms are not > >> allowed according to ICBN, Vienna code Article 23.4. Though it is > >> allowed for zoological nomenclature. > >> But what is the accepted name for this taxa that we will have to check. > >> Pankaj > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 6:36 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > >> > > >> > Some earlier relevant feedback: > >> > > >> > “I think you are right Prasant Ji > >> > tanay” > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > “I would suggest L. leontopodinum, a plant of higher altitudes with > >> > broader > >> > leaves. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh” > >> > > >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> > From: Prashant awale <[email protected]> > >> > Date: 23 October 2010 23:03 > >> > Subject: [efloraofindia:51634] Leontopodium himalayanum? > >> > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > >> > > >> > > >> > Dear Friends, > >> > > >> > On 30th Sept, 2010, i had visited Chandratal lake in Spiti region. > Came > >> > across this herb near this lake. > >> > > >> > Bot name: Leontopodium himalayanum?? > >> > Family: Asteraceae > >> > Date/Time: 30-09-2010 / 08:50AM > >> > Location: Altitude of 14200 ft (Approx), Chandratal Lake, Spiti > >> > Habitat: Wild > >> > Plant habit: Herb, woolly haired... > >> > > >> > regards > >> > Prashant > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > With regards, > >> > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > >> > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > >> > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species > & > >> > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > >> > alphabetically & place-wise): > >> > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > >> > them > >> > for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. > >> > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian > >> > Flora, > >> > please visit/ join our Google e-group- > >> > Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more > than > >> > 1460 > >> > members & 55,000 messages on 29/11/10 & with a database of around 4300 > >> > species on 31/10/10) > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> *********************************************** > >> "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 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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 >
