Frédéric-Louis Allamand (February 5, 1736, Payerne, Vaud – after 1803) was a Swiss botanist at Leiden. Jacques Samuel Blanchet (1807-1875)
Very few of the taxa where both generic and specific epithet are based on the name of persons. Full citation of the species is: Allamanda blanchetii A.DC. Prodr. (DC.) 8: 319. 1844 Thanks for sharing. Pankaj On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:07 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > Apocynaceae (dogbane family) » Allamanda blanchetii > > > al-uh-MAN-duh -- named for Dr. Allamand of Leyden who sent seeds to Linnaeus > blan-CHET-ee-eye -- named for J S Blanchet, Swiss merchant, consul and > naturalist > > > commonly known as: cherry allamanda, purple allamanda, violet allamanda > > > Native to: tropical South America > > > Attached views from Pherojshah Mehta Garden, Malabar Hill, Mumbai and a > resort (Native Place) near Kamshet, Pune > ... for high-res views: > http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Allamandablanchetii&w=91314344%40N00&s=int&m=tags -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
