[Taxacom] Linnaeus' "Habitat in Indiis"

[Francisco Welter-Schultes]

"India orientali" referred generally to Southeast Asia. We have a short 
compilation of old type localities here:

http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~fwelter/typeloc.htm

Francisco


Am 27.04.2020 um 10:41 schrieb Carlos Alberto Martínez Muñoz via Taxacom:
> Dear Socorro,
> Thank you for this example! There we have again "Habitat in Indiis" and
> then "Habitat in India orientali inque Societatis insulis", which I would
> translate as "East Indies and Society Islands". What I find interesting
> from this example is the use of singular "India" in the expression "India
> orientali". I wonder if that expression should be translated as Eastern
> India instead of East Indies. I will take a closer look at the Species
> Plantarum and search for similar usages.
> Thank you again,
> Carlos
> 
> Carlos A. Martínez Muñoz
> Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit
> FI-20014 University of Turku
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> 
> 
> 
> El sáb., 25 abr. 2020 a las 18:12, Socorro Gonzalez (<
> herbario_ciidir at yahoo.com.mx>) escribió:
> 
>> Hello Carlos,
>>
>> "Habitat in Indii" was recorded by Linnaeus for many plants from the "West
>> Indies", the islands in the Caribbean Sea, and also for the surrounding
>> coasts.
>>
>> The singular "Habitat in India", for the Indian subcontinent, is given
>> sometimes on the same page in Species Plantarum:
>>
>>
>> Caroli Linnæi ... Species plantarum. Tom.1-6 [in 7 pt. No more was publ.
>> in vol.5 after pt.2. sect. 1].
>> <https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=-4QUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA853&lpg=PA853&dq=%22Habitat+in+India%22+Indiis+Linnaeus&source=bl&ots=P1hEC3S3cp&sig=ACfU3U0EMVbi0XY2xVsP3VmN-4yVW8EbIw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjop__n-IPpAhURCs0KHS9TDtUQ6AEwDHoECA8QAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Habitat%20in%20India%22%20Indiis%20Linnaeus&f=false>
>>
>> Caroli Linnæi ... Species plantarum. Tom.1-6 [in 7 pt. No more was publ....
>>
>>
>> <https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=-4QUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA853&lpg=PA853&dq=%22Habitat+in+India%22+Indiis+Linnaeus&source=bl&ots=P1hEC3S3cp&sig=ACfU3U0EMVbi0XY2xVsP3VmN-4yVW8EbIw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjop__n-IPpAhURCs0KHS9TDtUQ6AEwDHoECA8QAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Habitat%20in%20India%22%20Indiis%20Linnaeus&f=false>
>>
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> Socorro González-Elizondo
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