Me too agree with you, Shrikant ji ... this subject could be as deep as Mariana's Trench !! Would go with *pentandra* ... faintly remember, Pankaj (Sahani) having told me that the trees are associated with male form of the epithet, hopefully not mistaking.
Regards. Dinesh On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 1:43 PM, shrikant ingalhalikar <le...@rediffmail.com>wrote: > Dineshji nomenclature is a debatable subject, I am not competant to > make any comments on preferences, I just follow what BSI says. > Regards, Shrikant > > On May 2, 11:45 pm, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear friends, > > > > Would like to know the reasoning for both spellings being used: > *Hydnocarpus > > pentandra* AND *Hydnocarpus pentandrus.** > > > > *Sites like NPGS / GRIN, The Plants List maintain *Hydnocarpus > pentandrus*. > > Am sure, Tabish and Shrikant ji have given a thought too, to this > > discrepancy and have reasoned to keep *Hydnocarpus pentandra *in their > notes > > *. > > > > *Regards. > > Dinesh* > > *
