Thursday 11 November 2021

Begonia concanensis A.DC.

Begonia concanensis A.DC.

be-GON-yuh -- named for Michel Begon, 18th c. Governor of St Domingue, French Canada ... Dave's Botanary
¿ kohn-CAN-en-sis ? -- of or from Konkan (coast of Maharashtra, India)

commonly known as: Konkan begonia • Kannada: ಕೊಂಕಣಿ ಆನೆಕಿವಿ konkani aanekivi • Marathi: गजकर्णिका gajakarnika


botanical names: Begonia concanensis A.DC. ... synonyms: no synonyms known ... POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
Konkan begonia
  • Flowers of India ... the geographical epithet - concanensis = of or from the Konkan coast of Maharashtra, India
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಕೊಂಕಣಿ ಆನೆಕಿವಿ konkani aanekivi
  • name given for want of name ... ಕೊಂಕಣಿ konkani = of or from Konkan coast; ಆನೆಕಿವಿ aanekivi = elephant's ear, the large sepals allude to elephant's ears. This species is found distributed in Karnataka ... Digital Flora of Peninsular India by Herbarium JCB
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
गजकर्णिका gajakarnika
  • Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to 500 Flowers of north Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar. गजकर्णिका gajakarnika, Sanskrit word - literal meaning: elephant's ear, the large sepals allude to elephant's ears.
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