Bonnaya gracilis A.Pal, Sardesai & M.Chowdhury

¿ bon-NEY-ah ? -- named for Charles François, Marquis de Bonnay (1750-1825), French military officer, politician and diplomat, student of botany ... Plant genera named after people (1753-1853) by José A. Mari Mut
GRASS-il-is -- graceful; slender ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: graceful bonnaya


botanical names: Bonnaya gracilis A.Pal, Sardesai & M.Chowdhury ... POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

graceful bonnaya

• name coined, for want of name; derived from the scientific name; epithet gracilis = graceful; bonnaya = from the commemorative genus name Bonnaya, named for Charles François, Marquis de Bonnay (1750-1825), French military officer, politician and diplomat, student of botany

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

সাদা পানিঘাস sada panighas

• name of Lindernia antipoda (L.) Alston, prevalent in Bangladesh, shared with this species, for want of name ... Flora - Mehedi Voice

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ತೆಳು ಬೊನೆಯ telu boneya

• name coined, for want of name; ತೆಳು telu = thin, slender; ಬೊನೆಯ boneya = the genus name Bonnaya, Kannadised

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

चिनाटी बोनेया chinati boneya

• name coined, for want of name; चिनाटी chinati = little, pretty; बोनेया boneya = the genus name Bonnaya, Marathicised

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

*Kerala, *Karnataka, *Maharashtra, *Puducherry, *West Bengal

• Pal, Aaratrik & Sardesai, M. M. & Chowdhury, Monoranjan. (2021). Transfer of Torenia gracilis Benth. to Bonnaya as Bonnaya gracilis sp. nov. (Linderniaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany. 39. 10.1111/njb.03292.

* no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state

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Linderniaceae perennial herb "Bonnaya gracilis" "Torenia gracilis" "graceful false pimpernel"