Surajit ji We had a discussion earlier on this issue. Dear Pankaj kumar ji had answered this query. I am copy pasting what he had written in the post.
* Pankaj Kumar [email protected] via googlegroups.com 11/2/10 to indiantreepix Just for correction. I realized that the accepted spelling is Rauvolfia L. and not Rauwolfia L. WHY? Because it was named by Linnaeus like that although the name of person on which the name of taxa was based was Leonhard Rauwolf (also spelled Rauwolff) [(Augsburg, June 21 in either 1535 or 1540 – September 15, 1596, Waitzen, Hungary) was a German physician, botanist and traveller]. Rauvolfia Plum. ex L. Sp. Pl. 1: 208. 1753 Regards *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). > 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 -- Dr Satish Phadke
