Yes, Usha Di, Abroma is very irritating, as can be seen/read in - http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week262.shtml.
Thanks for the "orthographic variant", it may explain *Boerhaavia<http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/punanrnava.html> * and *Boerhavia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boerhavia_diffusa>*. Thanks for 'Broma', 'Abroma', 'Ambroma', 'Theobroma', found some info at - http://wordinfo.info/unit/2421/ip:21 Thanks for 'Linnaeus fils', searched and found - http://www2.nrm.se/fbo/hist/linnefil/linfil.html.en Regards, surajit On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 1:06 PM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]>wrote: > ENOUGH ALREADY... > ON this later thread ther was a lot of discussion on the anmes AMBROMA > versus ABAROMa and Surajit would not let go ... > I fi=nally did some digging... > googling for sure... > and found the following I quote " Surajit > > Yes looking for malvaceae and abroma... brings up many pages ... > recognizable among them in the first twenty listings often is my writeup > from september... ...so that's no help... > > but to day my irritation with this AMBROMA and ABROIMA was piqued > enough... > I did some searches... like history of Abroma august and many inthis > vein... > > BUT then googled for ...."who named abroma /ambroma augusta originally? " > NO HELP > and many searches in this vein regarding who named it, who changed the > name etc... > > 2nd set of googling for ...."who named abroma /ambroma augusta > originally? " > and hit pay dirt, got the following : I QUOTE : " *Abroma Notes* > > *Malvaceae Info (Home) <http://www.malvaceae.info/index.html> > Index to Genera <http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/index.html>* * > Synonymy of > Abroma<http://www.malvaceae.info/Synonymy/Synonymy.php?file=Abroma> > * > > *Abroma angustum (L.) Murray* > > *Introduction* > > *Abroma (the persistent orthographic variant Ambroma is due to Linnaeus > fils) is a genus belong to tribe Byttnerieae and subfamily Byttnerioideae > of the angiosperm family Malvaceae sensu lato.The genus was introduced in > 1776 by Jacquin, based on Linnaeus's Theobroma augusta, but renaming the > species as Abroma fastuosa. The correct combination was subsequently made > by Linnaeus fils and Murray. Abroma, being based on the Greek βρομα > (broma), is neuter, and while the feminine gender has generally been used > for epithets in this genus, they should be corrected to neuter.* > > *Abroma is generally considered a monotypic genus, with the sole species > being Abroma augustum. However there are conflicting chromosome number > reports (2n = 16, 20, 22, 24) for this species, so the possibility that it > represents a species complex remains open.* > > *Abroma angustum (L.) L.f. > **[image: Description: Chinese] ang tian lian* > > *Synonyms of Abroma augustum include Abroma alata Blanco, Abroma > angulataLam., Abroma > angulosa Poir., Abroma communis Blanco, Abroma elongata Lam., Abroma > fastuosa Gaertn., Abroma fastuosa Jacq., Abroma fastuosa Vent., Abroma > molle DC., Abroma mollis DC., Abroma obliquum C.Presl, Abroma wheleriRetz. > and Theobroma > augusta L..* > > *Malvaceae Info (Home) <http://www.malvaceae.info/index.html> > Index to Genera <http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/index.html>* * > Synonymy of > Abroma<http://www.malvaceae.info/Synonymy/Synonymy.php?file=Abroma> > * > > *(c) 2011 Stewart R. Hinsley"* > > *http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Abroma/Abroma.php* > > *when I searched for ambroma versus abroma...* > " end quote > > AND WHAT IS ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT YOU ASK? ar per n article in Taxon > <http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=taxon> > Homonyms, Paranyms and Orthographic Variants > Hj. Eichler > Taxon > Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jan., 1963), pp. 15-20 > > > orthographic variant is a DIFFERENT SPELLING FORM OF A VALIDLY PUBLISHED > NAME.... > READ IT AT > > http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1216675?uid=3738256&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21101126705337 > > > * > SINCE IT WAS LINNAEUS"S SON the fils means son... (or a father whichever > ) I take it was perhaps the son... but could also be the father since he > was alive during the first description of this plant.*.. > > I AM DEFINITELY DONE WITH THIS >>>>> > THIS IS BEGINNING TO BORE ME>>>> > > I"LL DO ONE THING FOR SAKE OF COMPLETION (esp since my first submission > keeps coming up on googling) I'll copy paste what I wrote here to that > thread and also put a link to this SURJAIT's thread there ... > > SAYONARA TO ABROMA....AMBROMA .... > > USHA DI " end quote > > > Surajit's thread is at: > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!search/abroma$20surajit/indiantreepix/JHioQNsI0ws/t34JcxnzPUAJ > > > OK the end > -- > Usha di > =========== > > --
