Names of Plants in India: Staurogyne spatulata (Blume) Koord.

¿ sta-uh-ROH-gy-nee ? -- Greek: stauro (cross); gyne (female) ... Wiktionary - the free dictionary
spat-yoo-LAY-tuh -- like a spoon ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: sticky staurogyne • Hindi: चिपटा तराई साक chipta tarai saak • Kannada: ಅಂಟು ಜವುಗುಗಿಡ antu javugugida • Marathi: चिकट मत्स्याक्षी chikat matsyakshi • Telugu: బురద గొబ్బి burada gobbi

botanical names: Staurogyne spatulata (Blume) Koord. ... homotypic synonyms: Adenosma spatulata Blume • Ebermaiera spatulata (Blume) Hassk. ... heterotypic synonyms: Staurogyne glauca (Nees) Kuntze ... and many more listed at POWO, retrieved 24 September 2024

NOTE: the epithet spatulata (like a spoon) could be more appropriate in context of this species than spathulata (with a small spathe)

Bibliography / etymology

Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

sticky staurogyne

for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved September 24, 2024

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

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

चिपटा तराई साक chipta tarai saak

name coined, for want of name; चिपटा chipta = sticky, clammy; तराई tarai = marsh, swamp, meadow; साक saak = pot-herbs, greens ... named so, for the herb's sticky nature, and for its swampy habitat

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಅಂಟು ಜವುಗುಗಿಡ antu javugugida

name coined, for want of name; ಅಂಟು antu = sticky, clammy; ಜವುಗುಗಿಡ javugugida = plant belonging to swamp ... named so, for the plant's sticky nature, and for its swampy habitat

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

चिकट मत्स्याक्षी chikat matsyakshi

name coined, for want of name; चिकट chikat = sticky, clammy, adhering to the hair or skin; मत्स्याक्षी matsyakshi = a name in Sanskrit, given to certain watercress ... named so, for the plant's sticky nature, and for its use in aquarium / for aquascaping

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

బురద గొబ్బి burada gobbi

name coined, for want of name ... many thanks to A.Lalithamba for help with coining this name ... efloraofindia

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

Andhra Pradesh, *Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, *Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, *Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, *West Bengal

Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
Floristic Diversity of West Champaran - बिहार वानिकी विकास निगम लिमिटेड (Bihar Forestry Development Corporation Limited)
Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.9; last update September 19th, 2024. Last accessed 24/09/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

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

~~~~~ Created on: 13:25 24-09-2024 ¦ Last updated: 21:47 26-09-2024 ~~~~~