Interesting to hear Rajeshji, On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]>wrote:
> I come across an article on Wikipedia, which has generated a question in > my mind that "Is Ceropegia sero-pegia or kero-pegia?" > > Ceropegia is a genus of plants within the family Apocynaceae. It was named > by Carl Linnaeus, who first described this genus in volume 1 of his Species > plantarum, which appeared in 1753. Linnaeus thought that the flowers looked > like a fountain of wax. From this the scientific name was derived: ‘keros’ > meaning wax and ‘pege’ meaning fountain (Pooley, 1998). They have many > common names including lantern flower, parasol flower, parachute flower, > bushman’s pipe, string of hearts, snake creeper, wine-glass vine, rosary > vine, and necklace vine. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceropegia > > -- > Regards > Rajesh Sachdev > https://www.facebook.com/leopardguy > https://www.facebook.com/groups/indianflora/ > > > > -- > > > > -- Muthu Karthick, N Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 0091 96268 33911 www.careearthtrust.org --
