Barleria lavaniana S.S.Patil, S.R.Yadav & Lekhak

bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ... Dave's Botanary
lah-vuh-nee-AY-nuh -- named in honour of Umesh Chandra Lavania ... Flowers of India

commonly known as: Lavania barleria • Marathi: लावण्य कोरांटी lavanya koranti


botanical names: Barleria lavaniana S.S.Patil, S.R.Yadav & Lekhak ... synonyms: no synonym known ... POWO, retrieved 21 April 2025

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Lavania barleria

• for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved April 21, 2025

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

लावण्य कोरांटी lavanya koranti

• name coined, for want of name; लावण्य lavanya = beauty; this is a homophonic adjective, it sounds the same as the name "Lavania" of Dr U C Lavania, who is honoured for this new species; कोरांटी koranti = a generic name given to several species of Barleria

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

Maharashtra (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Dharashiv, Pune, Satara); endemic

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 21/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 18:28 21-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 21:31 21-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae perennial endemic herb "Barleria lavaniana" "Lavania barleria"