Thursday, 3 October 2024

Strobilanthes ciliata Nees

Strobilanthes ciliata Nees

stroh-bil-AN-theez -- cone flower ... Dave's Botanary
sil-ee-ATE-uh or sil-ee-AH-tuh -- fringed with hairs ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: lesser kurinji • Kannada: ಕರಿಗೆಂಟಿಗೆ karigentige • Konkani: कारवी karvi • Malayalam: ചിന്നക്കുറിഞ്ഞി chinnakkurinji, കരിങ്കുറിഞ്ഞി karinkurinji • Marathi: वाडी कारवी wadi karvi • Sanskrit: सहचरः sahacarah, सैरीयकः sairiyakah • Tamil: சின்னக்குறிஞ்சி cinna-k-kurinci • Tulu: ಕಪ್ಪುಗೆಂಟಿಗೆ kappugentige


botanical names: Strobilanthes ciliata Nees ... homotypic synonyms: Nilgirianthus ciliatus (Nees) Bremek. ... heterotypic synonyms: Goldfussia zenkeriana Wight • Nilgirianthus warreensis (Dalzell) Bremek. • Ruellia ciliata Wall. • Strobilanthes parviflora Bedd. • Strobilanthes warreensis Dalzell ... POWO, retrieved 30 September 2024
NOTE: orthographical variant: Strobilanthes ciliatus Nees
Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
lesser kurinji
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಕರಿಗೆಂಟಿಗೆ karigentige
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी), Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ), Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി), Perso-Arabic (کونکنی), Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
कारवी karvi
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
ചിന്നക്കുറിഞ്ഞി chinnakkurinji, കരിങ്കുറിഞ്ഞി karinkurinji
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
वाडी कारवी wadi karvi
  • 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
  • वाडी wadi refers to place called Sawantwadi, a place in southern Konkan; earlier was known by the name Sawunt Warree during the colonial rule in India of the Portuguese and British; based on this name of the place, some of Latin names carry the geographical epithet warreensis = of or from Sawunt Warree
  • karvi = given name of Strobilanthes callosa Nees; it is quite a popular name, and is thus used by several other species of Strobilanthes
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
सहचरः sahacarah, सैरीयकः sairiyakah
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
சின்னக்குறிஞ்சி cinna-k-kurinci
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಕಪ್ಪುಗೆಂಟಿಗೆ kappugentige
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu; endemic
~~~~~ Created on: 10:06 30-09-2024 ¦ Last updated: 13:46 03-10-2024 ~~~~~
Acanthaceae endemic perennial shrub "Strobilanthes ciliata" "Strobilanthes ciliatus" "Nilgirianthus ciliatus" "Goldfussia zenkeriana" "Nilgirianthus warreensis" "Ruellia ciliata" "Strobilanthes parviflora" "Strobilanthes warreensis" "Wadi strobilanthes" "Waree strobilanthes"

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