Dear Sir: THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INFORMATION... NOW PLEASE TELL ME ABOUT HIS PEARLS< CANCER THERAPY AND such... I quote you....Linnaeus cultured pearls, cured cancers, talked of solar energy. He classified diseases and classified scientists and systems of classification.
AND HIS CLASSIFICATION OF SCIENTISTS>>> THAT IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU>>>> USHA =========== On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Datla CS Raju <[email protected]> wrote: > Father of Binomial Nomenclature and author of Species Plantarum1753.His > pupil Dr John Gerard Koenig is the mentor of Patrick Russel and William > Roxburgh.-whose specimens are at University of Lund and Edinburgh > respectively.Koenig died at Samalkota with Dr Roxburgh at his bedside! > Linn .f,is Linnaeus Filius who is author of Tectona grandis L.f and also > Pterocarpus santalinus L,f > Supplementa of 1781 was edited by Linn.f and he died in England as > mentioned in wikipedia article and Sara his mother sold away Linnean > Herbarium-which is another story. > In 1978-79 we have exhibited Life and Works of LInnaeus in all Indian > Universities-where I delivred speical talks-The one at Calicut is of > special signifiance as it links to Rheede and and earlier Garcia Da Orta . > LINNAEUS-MALABAR is about Prince of Botanists-A book in this name is at > Botanical Survey-Pune .I have all family photographs of Linnaeus sent to me > by Late GHM Lawrence,then Director ,Hunt Botanicl Library,Pittsburg-now > called as Carnegie Mellon Universty. > It is most unfortunate Taxonomy of Vascular Plants by GHM Lawrence printed > in India by IBH as student editon in 1953 is not known to students of > taxonomy today.Same is the case with Bibliography by FrSantapau and History > by Burkill.When we are researching on natural objects our search should be > thorough.Otherwise it is not search.at all. > - On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:15 AM, ushadi Micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Surajit... >> could you please ask Dr Raju if he means the father or the son when he >> talks of "YOUNG LINNEAUS" >> thanks >> Usha di >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 8:07 AM, surajit koley (Google Drive) < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> [image: Document] I've shared LINNAEUS and >>> MALABAR<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jXguClxR_xxPxXGx_Z05FubHrg2w5niuHd8ngL_bxg0/edit> >>> Click to open: >>> >>> - LINNAEUS and >>> MALABAR<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jXguClxR_xxPxXGx_Z05FubHrg2w5niuHd8ngL_bxg0/edit> >>> >>> >>> CELEBRATION OF BICENTENARY OF LINNAEUS AT CALICUT >>> >>> [ Text of the talk by D.C.S.Raju, F.L.S., Central National Herbarium, >>> Botanical Survey of India, Howrah ] >>> >>> Honourable Vice Chancellor Dr. Purushottaman, Respected Dr. >>> Gopalakrishnan, Dr.Achutan, Prof. Manilal, and Friends of this August >>> meeting, I have great pleasure to be with you in a wonderful habitat >>> with a glorious past. >>> >>> I am not going to speak much of Linne as Dr Gopalakrishnan spoke of >>> categories, species and conservation of natural resources but I wish to >>> mention the role played by people of Kerala, during 16th -18th centuries, >>> when explorations for trade and scientific knowledge were going on. It is >>> strange enough that Calicut was hospitable to seafarers 500 yrs ago just >>> as it is a travellers’ paradise today. Spice trade from Cochin encouraged >>> botanical studies by Europeans just as Calicut University is promoting >>> taxonomic research on Flora of Malabar today. >>> >>> Now coming to the point of plant wealth of Kerala and its relevance to >>> Linnaean Classics I should first make reference to the Dutch East >>> India Company <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company>. >>> We very well know that Van >>> Rheede<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_van_Rheede> an >>> army officer returned from Holland as Governor of Malabar. He got >>> translations of Sanskrit texts and brought out Hortus >>> Malabaricus<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortus_Malabaricus> 300 >>> years ago. But it was George >>> Clifford<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clifford_III> >>> , the richest Banker of Amsterdam who actually cultivated many trees of >>> Malabar at Hartecamp <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartekamp>. He also >>> maintained a zoo as it was a fashion those days. >>> >>> The young Linnaeus was lucky to be in the employ of Clifford as a >>> physician and pursue his botanical research for over 2 yrs. Well, as I am >>> curious about red banana <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_banana> of >>> Kerala, Linne was also interested in the plantain from Malabar. He grew >>> this plantain in a hot >>> house<http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/life/6_3.html>, >>> got it flowered and fruited and fully described. This work on >>> banana<http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/%7Edrc/mparadisiaca.htm> is >>> a rare book as only 500 copies were printed. One copy is right here as >>> exhibit of 1736. Along with this Linne also gave the world a classification >>> of Nature to distinguish various kinds of plants, animals and rocks. Linne >>> explored Lapland <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapland_%28Sweden%29> >>> covering >>> 1400 miles and made name in geography. As he was a doctor, Linne prepared >>> Materia >>> Medica in 1749 <http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/pharm/medicinal.html> and >>> included many indian plants. He obtained seeds from >>> Aleppo<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleppo> through >>> friends like >>> Russell<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Russell_%28herpetologist%29> >>> and >>> pupils like Koenig<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gerhard_K%C3%B6nig> >>> working >>> in Coramandel. All our plants were classified according to sexual system >>> and given latin names like Sonerila, Areca, Myristica, Oryza, Melastoma >>> etc. For many names Linne cited Hortus >>> Malabaricus<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortus_Malabaricus> tables >>> and since 1753 his binomial system became standard for whole world. >>> >>> Following Linnaean system of nomenclature T.F. >>> Bourdillon<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FT._F._Bourdillon&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFcnxJ7pn1_p7ZtsFK1mxRw5UDAIA> >>> wrote >>> the first Forest Flora of Kerala, 85 yrs ago, which is really an Indian >>> Flora of plant geographers as Malabarica and Coromandelia are natural >>> regions of India. The Dutch Professor J. >>> Burman<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Burman> cultivated >>> Cinnamon trees and published Flora Malabarica in 1769, whereas his son N. >>> L. Burman <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaas_Laurens_Burman> >>> brought out a Flora Indica in 1768 while Linne was revising his Species >>> Plantarum <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_Plantarum>. >>> >>> Incidentally I like to mention here that Loeseneriella >>> bourdillonii<http://books.google.co.in/books?id=XIL9adYYeSIC&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=Loeseneriella+bourdillonii+gamble+raju&source=bl&ots=29hjYQPEdL&sig=JuGxq1E5sdQCFPy0CfPvs_LIWus&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UmEhUN-0McHYrQfdkoD4DQ&ved=0CGMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Loeseneriella%20bourdillonii%20gamble%20raju&f=false> >>> (Gamble) >>> Raju<http://books.google.co.in/books?id=XIL9adYYeSIC&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=Loeseneriella+bourdillonii+gamble+raju&source=bl&ots=29hjYQPEdL&sig=JuGxq1E5sdQCFPy0CfPvs_LIWus&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UmEhUN-0McHYrQfdkoD4DQ&ved=0CGMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Loeseneriella%20bourdillonii%20gamble%20raju&f=false> >>> is >>> a Hippocratea >>> species<http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=893> >>> in >>> honour of Bourdillon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._F._Bourdillon> with >>> new status. Dr Buchanan, Cleghorn, Beddome, Wight, Fischer, Gamble, >>> Hohenacker, Rama Rao and others studied rich vegetation of Kerala when >>> this area was quite sylvan and not industrialised and there were no >>> universities. Now the gigantic trees are gradually disappearing before >>> their life histories are known, Habitats are shrinking with unforeseen >>> results after few generations. A single Linnean species in food-chain or >>> ecosystem makes a difference if it is a key species. >>> >>> Very few botanists in our country know the true nature of Indian >>> vegetation as enunciated by Prof. Van >>> Steenis<http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/chronob/STEE1901.htm>. >>> Indian vegetation is part of monsoon forests of Asia with moist deciduous >>> elements dominated by >>> Dipterocarpus<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipterocarpus> family. >>> The evergreen forests of Assam valley with Dipterocarpus turbinatus, D. >>> manni, Shorea robusta<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorea_classification> in >>> indo-gangetic plains, Shorea tumbuggaia, Shorea talura in Eastern ghats, >>> Hopea parviflora right near Calicut University, Vatica sp in Sahyadri >>> range of Western ghats are pointers with their winged seeds as just >>> dipterocarps in relation to regional habitat at macro and micro levels >>> for proper evaluation to ensure conservation of plant resources . >>> >>> A Flora of Kerala is the immediate need of the day as it was for Linne >>> in 1745 to write a Swedish Flora for many practical purposes. Linne >>> studied Wild Rye (Elymus) and somebody is recently searching wild nutmegs >>> of Kerala for a gene bank. I am myself wondering about Poeciloneuron and >>> Myristica >>> malabarica<http://www.biotik.org/india/species/m/myrimala/myrimala_en.html>, >>> as I have not seen them though they are noblest trees of Malabar. Linnaeus >>> cultured pearls, cured cancers, talked of solar energy. He classified >>> diseases and classified scientists and systems of classification. How many >>> of us know Linnaeus is called Dioscorides 2nd whereas we call him as >>> Prince of Botanists. >>> >>> I am sure that Prof. Manilal and all his colleagues would simulate a >>> school of Linnaeus in Calicut to unravel mysteries of biology, reproduction >>> and chromosome behavior in the footsteps of Janaki Ammal the great botanist >>> who reorganised Botanical Survey of India. With these few words of >>> enthusiasm I join you all and thank you for the hospitality. >>> >>> INDIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ANGIOSPERM TAXONOMY >>> >>> --------------------------------------- >>> >>> --------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> Google Drive: create, share and keep all of your stuff in one place. >>> [image: Logo for Google Drive] <https://drive.google.com/> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > -- Usha di =========== --
