Strobilanthes reticulata Stapf

stroh-bil-AN-theez -- cone flower ... Dave's Botanary
reh-tick-yoo-LAY-tuh -- netted ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: hill conehead • Kannada: ಗುಡ್ಡೆ ಕಾರ್ವಿ gudde kaarvi • Marathi: भुई कारवी bhui karvi


botanical names: Strobilanthes reticulata Stapf ... homotypic synonyms: Nilgirianthus reticulatus (Stapf) Bremek. • Pleocaulus reticulatus (Stapf) M.R.Almeida ... POWO, retrieved 23 November 2023

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

hill conehead

• name coined by Flowers of India, for want of name

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

भुई कारवी bhui karvi

• for Nilgirianthus reticulatus (Stapf) Bremek. ... name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Flowers of Sahyadri, the first 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

ಗುಡ್ಡೆ ಕಾರ್ವಿ gudde kaarvi

• name coined, for want of name; ಗುಡ್ಡೆ gudde = hill, suggestive of the high altitude habitat; ಕಾರ್ವಿ kaarvi = generic Marathi name for Strobilanthes spp.

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

Karnataka, Maharashtra; endemic

• Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 18.2; last update Nov. 21st, 2023. Last accessed 23/11/2023.

~~~~~ Last updated: 23-11-2023 ~~~~~

Acanthaceae endemic plietesial shrub "Nilgirianthus reticulatus" "Pleocaulus reticulatus" "Strobilanthes reticulata" "hill conehead"