Yes indeed Pankaj - I can see it now. Thank you very much. Re-putting the link here to go directly on the page: Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society - Volume 6 - Page 307<http://books.google.co.in/books?id=l1reuoQY7-wC&pg=PA307&dq=BARA+GOTADHORA+BENGALENSIUM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YtTJUI_rBqfamAWzkoCYCQ&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=BARA%20GOTADHORA%20BENGALENSIUM&f=false>
Dear Bengali-knowing friends, please help in knowing whether bara gotadhora makes sense in Bangla, it must be in fact the name of the plant *Guarea gotadhora* Buch.-Ham. ... basionym of *Dysoxylum gotadhora* (Buch.-Ham.) Mabb. - its synonym *Dysoxylum binectariferum* (Roxb.) Hook. f. ... is more popular. Regards. Dinesh On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Please check the image. The name is there twice, rest of the things are in > latin. Thats why I said, it must be a local dialect, may be BENGALI!! as it > says, BARA GOTADHORA BENGALENSIUM > > Pankaj > > > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thank you Pankaj - BUT I was not able to find any instance of gotadhora - >> either I am overseeing it OR this is not the protologue. >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Here is the protologue if you can find something interesting out of it. >>> >>> Its a word from local dialect I think >>> >>> >>> http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=l1reuoQY7-wC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false >>> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qXJcMo9FWaI/UMlf8mppDXI/AAAAAAAABbk/qjKRd5xsQUI/s1600/Gaurea+gotadhora.jpg> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, 13 December 2012 00:45:30 UTC+8, Dinesh Valke wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear friends, >>>> >>>> *Dysoxylum binectariferum* (Roxb.) Hook. f. ex Hiern ... is put as >>>> synonym of ... *Dysoxylum gotadhora* (Buch.-Ham.) Mabb. in GRIN and >>>> The Plants List. >>>> >>>> Would like to know etymology of gotadhora. >>>> >>>> Regards. >>>> Dinesh >>>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > *********************************************************************** > "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" > > Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. > Conservation Officer > > Office: > Orchid Conservation Section > Flora Conservation Department > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > Residence: > 151, 1st Floor, Tai Om Tsuen > Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > email: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 > (mobile). Fax: +852 2483 7194* > * > * > * > * > > --
