Lecanthus obtusus (Royle) Hand.-Mazz.

¿ lay-KAN-thuss ? -- Greek: lekane (dish, pot), anthos (flower)... Wikipedia
ob-TOO-sus -- blunt ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: dwarf dischead • Dogri: बौना फंडेर bauna phander • Hindi: बौना बिच्छू bauna bicchu • Marathi: लहान फूलपगडी lahan phulapagadi


botanical names: Lecanthus obtusus (Royle) Hand.-Mazz. ... homotypic synonyms: Procris obtusa Royle ... heterotypic synonyms: Elatostema ovatum Wight • Lecanthus peduncularis var. garhwalensis Silas & R.D.Gaur • Lecanthus wightii Wedd. ... POWO, retrieved 29 September 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

dwarf dischead

• for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved September 29, 2024

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras

बौना फंडेर bauna phander

• name coined, for want of name; बौना bauna = dwarf, short; फंडेर phander = a name given to Lecanthus peduncularis (Royle) Wedd. ... named so, due to morphological similarity between both the species, and for L. obtusus being relatively shorter in habit than L. peduncularis

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand

बौना बिच्छू bauna bicchu

• name coined, for want of name; बौना bauna = dwarf, short; बिच्छू bicchu = scorpion; it is a generic name given to several plants of nettle family, including Lecanthus peduncularis (Royle) Wedd. ... named so, due to morphological similarity between both the species, and for L. obtusus being relatively shorter in habit than L. peduncularis

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

लहान फूलपगडी lahan phulapagadi

• name coined, for want of name; लहान lahan = small, short; फूलपगडी phulapagadi = a small, fine, and costly kind of turban; a coined-name given to Lecanthus peduncularis (Royle) Wedd. ... named so, as the flowerhead alludes to a ornamental turban; the flowerhead of L. obtusus is relatively shorter than that of L. peduncularis

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

Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand; endemic

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.9; last update September 19th, 2024. Last accessed 29/09/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 17:12 29-09-2024 ¦ Last updated: 19:10 29-09-2024 ~~~~~

Urticaceae perennial herb "Lecanthus obtusus" "Procris obtusa" "Elatostema ovatum" "Lecanthus peduncularis var. garhwalensis" "Lecanthus wightii" "dwarf dischead"