Barleria terminalis Nees

bar-LEER-ee-uh -- name commemorates French botanist, Jacques Barrelier ... Dave's Botanary
term-in-AL-iss -- terminal position ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: blue barleria • Kannada: ನೀಲಿ ಗೋರಟೆ nili gorate • Konkani: निळी कोरांटी nili koramti • Marathi: निळी कोरांटी nili koranti • Odia: ନୀଳଝିଣ୍ଟୀ nilajhinti


botanical names: Barleria terminalis Nees ... homotypic synonyms: Barleria strigosa var. terminalis (Nees) C.B.Clarke ... heterotypic synonyms: Barleria polystachya Hook. ex Nees • Barleria strigosa var. polystachya (Hook. ex Nees) C.B.Clarke ... and more at POWO, retrieved 23 April 2025

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

blue barleria

• Flowers of India, retrieved April 23, 2025
• Shendage, Shankar & Yadav, Shrirang. (2010). Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in India. Rheedea. 20.

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ನೀಲಿ ಗೋರಟೆ nili gorate

• name coined, for want of name; ನೀಲಿ nili = blue; ಗೋರಟೆ gorate = generic name given to some species of Barleria

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

निळी कोरांटी nili koramti

• name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name; निळी nili = blue; कोरांटी koramti = generic name given to several species of Barleria

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

निळी कोरांटी nili koranti

• 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

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

ନୀଳଝିଣ୍ଟୀ nilajhinti

• name of sibling species borrowed, for want of name; ନୀଳଝିଣ୍ଟୀ nilajhinti = given name of Barleria cristata L.; ନୀଳ nila = blue; ଝିଣ୍ଟୀ jhinti = generic name given to several species of Barleria

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

Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha; ¿ not endemic to India; found listed as distributed in Bangladesh ?

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 23/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
• Shendage, Shankar & Yadav, Shrirang. (2010). Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in India. Rheedea. 20.

~~~~~ Created on: 09:13 23-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 17:29 23-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Acanthaceae endemic perennial shrub "Barleria terminalis" "Barleria polystachya" "Barleria strigosa var. polystachya" "Barleria strigosa var. terminalis" "blue barleria"