Neuracanthus tetragonostachyus subsp. trinervius (Wight) Bidgood & Brummitt

¿ nyur-uh-KANTH-us ? -- Greek: neuron (vein, nerve); ákantha (thorn, spine); spiny vein ... Dave's Botanary
¿ tet-ra-gon-uh-STAK-ee-us ? -- from the Greek tetragono (four-angled) and stachys (flower spike) ... Dave's Botanary
¿ try-NER-vee-us ? -- three-veined ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: three-veined neuracanthus • Gujarati: મોટા ગંઠેર mota ganther • Kannada: ನೀಲಿ ಹೂವು ಕಡ್ಡಿ nili huuvu kaddi • Marathi: निळगोंडा nilgonda


botanical names: Neuracanthus tetragonostachyus subsp. trinervius (Wight) Bidgood & Brummitt ... homotypic synonyms: Neuracanthus trinervius Wight ... POWO, retrieved 21 November 2023

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

three-veined neuracanthus

• name coined, for want of name; derived from the epithet trinervius, three-veined, referring to the leaf

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu

મોટા ગંઠેર mota ganther

• name coined, for want of name; મોટા mota = big; ગંઠેર ganther = name given to Neuracanthus sphaerostachyus Dalz.

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

निळगोंडा nilgonda

• name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Further Flowers of Sahyadri, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ನೀಲಿ ಹೂವು ಕಡ್ಡಿ nili huuvu kaddi

• name coined, for want of name; many thanks to Dr Mahadeswara Swamy for help with this name ... efloraofindia ... ನೀಲಿ ಹೂವು ಕಡ್ಡಿ nili huuvu kaddi = blue flower stick

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

Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra; endemic

• Rana, Karan & Nagar, Padamnabhi. (2017). DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF ENDEMIC ANGIOSPERMS IN GUJARAT. International Journal of Advanced Research. 5. 730-758. 10.21474/IJAR01/4472.
• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
• Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 18.1; last update Nov. 18th, 2023. Last accessed 21/11/2023.

~~~~~ Last updated: 21-11-2023 ~~~~~

Acanthaceae annual herb "Neuracanthus tetragonostachyus subsp trinervius" "Neuracanthus trinervius" "three-veined neuracanthus"