by the way, he never came to India or worked on Indian plants. Will someone name the plant after him in that case? Pankaj
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> wrote: > May be it was to honour Nees, a botanist... > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Gottfried_Daniel_Nees_von_Esenbeck > With regards > > Vijayasankar > > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> I am not sure, but NESO means island or somethign related to island. >> May be it was found on some island. :p...the names suggests its based >> on the name of a place most probably. >> Regards >> >> Pankaj >> >> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Dear friends, >> > >> > 1) Can somebody help me know the derivation of the epithet - neesanum >> > (context: Zingiber neesanum) >> > - could it be derived from regional name in Maharashtra ? >> > - in Shrikant ji's FOS and as also put at FOI, the regional name In >> > Maharashtra is nisam निसम >> > >> > 2) Is Z. neesanum endemic to Western Ghats of Maharshtra and Goa ? >> > What is the Konkani name (in Goa) ? >> > >> > >> > Regards. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > >
