Coining Tamil name for Peristylus lawii Wight

Dinesh Valke

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Mar 28, 2024, 1:41:20 PMMar 28

to efloraofindia, Vijayasankar Raman

Dear Vijayasankar ji,

Please help me in coining the name for Peristylus lawii Wight

I am thinking of a joint word flower-arrow that literally translates பூ-அம்பு pu-ampu ... I think of using it as a generic name for Peristylus spp.

And specifically for Peristylus lawii Wight, I am going to use the prefix பனி pani = dewy, refreshing, soothing

thus பனி பூ-அம்பு pani pu-ampu , a name for Peristylus lawii Wight

Please let me know your thoughts on this. I request you to be very liberal on the language grammar, thus coining names for several other species Peristylus would become easy.

Regards.

Dinesh

Vijay Raman

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Apr 2, 2024, 4:07:53 PMApr 2

to Dinesh Valke, efloraofindia

Dear Dinesh ji,

My apologies for the delayed response.

The name flower-arrow (பூ-அம்பு pu-ampu) for Peristylus sounds good to me. I also like your choice of Tamil name பனி பூ-அம்பு pani pu-ampu for P. lawii.

Best,

Vijayasankar

Dinesh Valke

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Apr 3, 2024, 3:42:31 AMApr 3

to Vijay Raman, efloraofindia

Dear Vijayasankar ji ... thank you very very very much !!!

I am glad that my coined names for both genus and species were good choices.

Delayed responses are but natural ... we all are busy !!!

Regards.

Dinesh

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