yes, Muthu ji, indeed interesting . Until now, we all were pronouncing it as *sero-pegia!*
On 10 September 2012 12:39, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- Regards Rajesh Sachdev https://www.facebook.com/leopardguy https://www.facebook.com/groups/indianflora/ --
