Beautiful shots of Sarpgandha On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:36 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote:
> Sir / Madam, > > An elaborate search in the net tells me that the accepted scientific name > of this species would be *Rauvolfia serpentina*. > > I wonder where from the name *Rauwolfia serpentina* came, as can be seen > in many old edition of text books, and also in - > http://kbd.kew.org/kbd/detailedresult.do?id=152609 , yet didn't find any > mention in http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-176968 ? > > Species : *Rauvolfia serpentina* (L.) Benth. ex Kurz, ; For. Fl. Br. > Burma 2: 171 > (1877).<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200018451> > Habit & Habitat : herb, plant height 2 feet avg., wild & cultivated > Date : 25-07-2009 & 27-07-2009 > Place : Garalgacha (Hooghly) > ID help : http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sarpagandha.html > > Thank you & Regards, > > Surajit Koley > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
