stroh-bil-AN-theez -- cone flower ... Dave's Botanary
GRASS-il-is -- graceful; slender ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: slender coneflower • Malayalam: മരക്കുറിഞ്ഞി marakurinji, തോക്കകുറിഞ്ഞി thokakurinji • Tamil: மரம்குறிஞ்சி maramkurunji
botanical names: Strobilanthes gracilis Bedd. ... homotypic synonyms: Mackenziea gracilis (Bedd.) Bremek. ... heterotypic synonyms: Strobilanthes beddomei T.Anderson ... POWO, retrieved 7 September 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
slender coneflower
- for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved September 7, 2025
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
മരക്കുറിഞ്ഞി marakurinji
- വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
തോക്കകുറിഞ്ഞി thokakurinji
- PARIVESH - THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY, [Part II — Sec. 3(II)] - Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Notification, New Delhi, the 28th December, 2020
- Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name via Facebook Messenger
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
மரம்குறிஞ்சி maramkurunji
- name borrowed from Malayalam, for want of name
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Kerala, Tamil Nadu; endemic
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.09; last update Sept. 4th, 2025. Last accessed 07/09/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
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Created on: 11:40 07-09-2025 ¦ Last updated: 10:43 08-09-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)
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