Combretum shivannae Gholave, Kambale, Lekhak & S.R.Yadav

kom-BREE-tum -- Latin name for a climbing plant of another genus ... Dave's Botanary
¿ SHE-one-ney ? -- named for Dr K R Shivanna, INSA Honorary Scientist ... KEW BULLETIN (2015) 70:33

commonly known as: Shivanna's madhumalati • Kannada: ಬಿಳಿ ಸಂಧ್ಯಾರಾಣಿ bili sandhyarani


botanical names: Combretum shivannae Gholave, Kambale, Lekhak & S.R.Yadav ... synonyms: no synonyms ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

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Shivanna's madhumalati

• new species, so far known only from the type locality - Yana Forest, Uttar Kannada district, Karnataka, India; related to the popular ornamental madhumalati (Combretum indicum (L.) DeFilipps) ... named for Dr Kundaranahalli Ramalingaiah Shivanna, INSA Honorary Scientist and former Professor, University of Delhi, for his tremendous contributions in the field of Plant Reproductive Biology ... KEW BULLETIN (2015) 70:33

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ಬಿಳಿ ಸಂಧ್ಯಾರಾಣಿ bili sandhyarani

• new species, allied to ಸಂಧ್ಯಾರಾಣಿ sandhyarani (Quisqualis malabarica Bedd. ... synonym of Combretum malabaricum (Bedd.) Sujana, Ratheesh & Anil Kumar ... ಬಿಳಿ bili = white

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