Thanks Pankaj ji I never thought use of -ii or -i does lower the importance of a person. I thought it is personal choice of author to use the name as genitive (possessive) form (-hookeri) or adjective (-hookeriana). I can't imagine Iris of Hooker (Iris hookeri) is less decorative than Hooker Iris (Iris hookeriana).
-- 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, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > According to me the issue is different sir. > > Haagei could be one option when the word ends in a vowel. Orther such > examples are 'hegdei', 'maderoi' and 'rosei' > > When Haagei is there it means Haage's Gomphrena, which in turn can be > ideally or wrongly perceived as the plant was originally collected by > Haage but described by someone else. Here 'Haage' is used as a 'Noun'. > > Haageana means Haagean Gomphrena, which could mean, as beautiful as > Haage. Here 'Haage' is used as an 'Adjective'. Some other examples > are, 'weddelliana', 'congniauxiana' and 'wallichiana'. > > It is then followed by 'a' or 'us' or 'um', to denote the gender. > > In first case, the importance to the person is lessened but in second > case you are kind of admiring the person by giving a name after him. > > Regards > Pankaj > > > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Since the name ends in a vowel, -an is added after the person name > instead > > of ian (for names ending in consonant), and then the usual gender ending > -a, > > -um or -us as the case may be. > > > > -- > > 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, Jul 20, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Thanks Pankaj Ji for details > >> > >> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar < > [email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> That is very peculiar species name and so I just tried to look for > >>> information why the plant has been named this way. > >>> Actually the species name is to commemorate J.N. Haage (1926-78), a > >>> German plant collector and seedsman. > >>> Regards > >>> Pankaj > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Jul 20, 6:00 am, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > Dear All > >>> > Gomphrena haageana > >>> > A Garden Annual Herb shot from a nursery in Panipat > >>> > pls validate > >>> > > >>> > -- > >>> > Regards > >>> > > >>> > Dr Balkar Singh > >>> > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > >>> > Arya P G College, Panipat > >>> > Haryana-132103 > >>> > 09416262964 > >>> > > >>> > Gomphrena haageana (1).JPG > >>> > 330KViewDownload > >>> > > >>> > Gomphrena haageana (3).JPG > >>> > 188KViewDownload > >>> > > >>> > Gomphrena haageana (4).JPG > >>> > 210KViewDownload > >>> > > >>> > Gomphrena haageanaSm.JPG > >>> > 494KViewDownload > >> > >> > >> -- > >> 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 >
