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[AGA Member] Re: Anubias and Anubis the god
From my copy of _Dictionary of Plant Names -- The pronunciation, derivation
and meaning of botanical names, and their common-name equivalents_ by Allen
J. Coombes, ISBN 0-88192-023-1
Anubias (Araceae) From Anubis the ancient Egyptian god. Aquarium plants.
afzelli -- After Adam Afzelius (1750-1837) who collected in W. Africa.
Sierra Leone.
congensis -- Of the Congo W. Africa.
nana -- Dwarf. Camaroons.
Ann Viverette
> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:53:15 +0300
> From: "Faruk Gencoz" <fgencoz@metu.edu.tr>
> Subject: [AGA Member] Anubias and Anubis the god
>
> Hi,
>
> I am a new member, working at a university in the psychology department.
As
> soon as I entered the e-mail group I faced with the discussion on the
> announcement of AB contest. It was an interesting topic for me to follow
and
> discover the AGA group dynamics.
>
> For an article on Anubias species I try to find the origin of the name
> "Anubias". Kasselmann writes on the etymology section that the word comes
> from the Egyptian god Anubias. I have red quite a bit about Anubis, the
> Egyptian god of the underworld but could not find any connection between
> them except possibly an absurd thing. While looking at the pictures of
both
> emersal form of Anubias afzelii and god Anubis I noticed that the upward
> leaves are just like Anubis' upward ears. Addititionally if one pushes
> himself to see the rizome section as Anubis' nose then it can be said
they
> are similar in their appearance. But of course this similarity depends on
> your imagination and may not be so rational.
>
> Any idea or scientific info about why a god name was given to a plant
> species?
>
> Faruk
>
>
> Faruk Gencoz, Ph.D.
>
> Department of Psychology
> Middle East Technical University
> http://metu.edu.tr/~fgencoz
>
> Klinik Psikoloji Ünitesi
> http://www.metu.edu.tr/~kpu
>
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