Names of Plants in India: Eriocaulon robustobrownianum Ruhland

er-ee-oh-KAW-lon -- Greek: erion (wool), kaulos (plant stem) ... Dave's Botanary
¿ roh-BUS-tuh-brow-nee-AH-num ? -- more robust in its habit than of Eriocaulon brownianum Mart. ... efloraofindia

commonly known as: Mysore pipewort • Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು ಚೆಂಡು mysuru chendu • Malayalam: മൈസൂർ ചൂത് mysur chooth • Marathi: म्हैसूर गेंद mhaisoor gend • Tamil: மைசூரு பட்டன் பூ mysuru button poo

botanical names: Eriocaulon robustobrownianum Ruhland ... heterotypic synonyms: Eriocaulon mysorense Fyson ... POWO, retrieved 15 October 2022

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Mysore pipewort

for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved October 15, 2022

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಮೈಸೂರು ಚೆಂಡು mysuru chendu

name coined, for want of name; many thanks to Dr Mahadeswara Swamy for his help ... efloraofindia ... ಮೈಸೂರು mysuru = Mysuru or Mysore, present-day city in south India, erstwhile, a province during British Raj; ಚೆಂಡು chendu = ball, a coined generic name given to Eriocaulon spp.

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

മൈസൂർ ചൂത് mysur chooth

name coined, for want of name; many thanks to Ajith Unnikrishnan, VC Balakrishnan and Vinaya Raj V R for their help ... facebook ... മൈസൂർ mysur = Mysuru or Mysore, present-day city in south India, erstwhile, a province during British Raj; ചൂത് chooth = a coined generic name given to Eriocaulon spp.

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

म्हैसूर गेंद mhaisoor gend

name coined, for want of name; म्हैसूर mhaisoor = Mysuru or Mysore, present-day city in south India, erstwhile, a province during British Raj; गेंद gend = ball, a coined generic name given to Eriocaulon spp.

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

மைசூரு பட்டன் பூ mysuru button poo

name coined, for want of name; many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with coining this name ... efloraofindia ... மைசூரு mysuru = Mysuru or Mysore, present-day city in south India, erstwhile, a province during British Raj; பட்டன் பூ button poo = button flower, a coined generic name given to Eriocaulon spp. ... their tiny flowerheads allude to a button

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu