Dear Satish and Surajit... resolved? not really... or yes, may be ha ha ...
but there is *NO V *in this spelling or two of Dr * Leonhard Rauwolf (also spelled Rauwolff* name... that was the original question, was not it? Usha di === On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:36 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Thank you once again Satish Sir. The mystery behind the names is resolved > to the finest level. > > Regards, > > Surajit > > > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> 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 > > > -- Usha di ===========
