Names of Plants in India :: Asystasia mysorensis (Roth) T.Anderson

[Dinesh Valke]

Asystasia mysorensis (Roth) T.Anderson

a-sys-TAH-zee-uh -- Greek: a- (non) and systasia (united, consistent) ... Dave's Botanary
my-sor-EN-sis -- of or from Mysore, India ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Mysore asystasia • Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು ಸೊಪ್ಪು mysuru soppu • Malayalam: മൈസൂരു ചീര mysooru cheera • Marathi: म्हैसूर लवणवल्ली mhaisoor lavanvalli • Rajasthani: मैसूर साग maisoor saag • Telugu: మైసూరు లవణవల్లి maisuru lavanavalli


botanical names: Asystasia mysorensis (Roth) T.Anderson ... homotypic synonyms: Ruellia mysorensis Roth ... heterotypic synonyms: Asystasia schimperi var. grantii C.B.Clarke • Glossochilus parviflorus Hutch. ... POWO, retrieved 06 April 2025
... more synonyms: Asystasia lawiana Dalzell • Ruellia mysurensis Roth • Strobilanthes mysurensis (Roth) Nees ... and more at Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 1st, 2025. Last accessed 06/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

NOTE: The name of this species is sometimes mis-spelled as Asystasia mysurensis, based on its publication in Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 9: 524. 1867. However, this name is based on the earlier publication of Ruellia mysurensis in Novae Plantarum Species 303. 1821, and is either a mis-reading or a mis-spelling of that name ... Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. 2025-04-07.

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Mysore asystasia

• for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved April 06, 2025

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಮೈಸೂರು ಸೊಪ್ಪು mysuru soppu

• name coined, for want of name; ಮೈಸೂರು mysuru (derived from the geographic epithet, mysorensis) = Mysuru or Mysore, present-day city in south India, erstwhile, a province during British Raj; ಸೊಪ್ಪು soppu = tufts of leaves, foliage ... leaves and young shoots of this plant are edible

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

മൈസൂരു ചീര mysooru cheera

• name coined, for want of name; മൈസൂരു mysooru (derived from the geographic epithet, mysorensis) = Mysuru or Mysore, present-day city in south India, erstwhile, a province during British Raj; ചീര cheera = tufts of leaves, foliage ... leaves and young shoots of this plant are edible

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

म्हैसूर लवणवल्ली mhaisoor lavanvalli

• name coined, for want of name; म्हैसूर mhaisoor (derived from the geographic epithet, mysorensis) = Mysuru or Mysore, present-day city in south India, erstwhile, a province during British Raj; लवणवल्ली lavanvalli = name given to Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson

~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan

मैसूर साग maisoor saag

• name coined, for want of name; मैसूर maisoor (derived from the geographic epithet, mysorensis) = Mysuru or Mysore, present-day city in south India, erstwhile, a province during British Raj; साग saag = tufts of leaves, foliage ... leaves and young shoots of this plant are edible

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

మైసూరు లవణవల్లి maisuru lavanavalli

• name coined, for want of name; మైసూరు maisuru (derived from the geographic epithet, mysorensis) = Mysuru or Mysore, present-day city in south India, erstwhile, a province during British Raj; లవణవల్లి lavanavalli = name given to Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson

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

Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana; not endemic to India; known to be distributed globally in Africa, west Asia

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.04; last update April 1st, 2025. Last accessed 06/04/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
• Rajasthan :: K. L. MEENA - ASYSTASIA MYSORENSIS (ROTH) T. AND.: AN ADDITION TO THE FLORA OF RAJASTHAN, INDIA. - J. Indian Botanical Society - Vol.93(3&4)2014:278-280
• Telangana :: Vijaya, A & Reddy, Vijaya & Paramesh, L.. (2021). ASYSTASIA MYSORENSIS (ACANTHACEAE): AN ADDITION TO THE FLORA OF TELANGANA STATE, INDIA.

~~~~~ Created on: 21:03 06-04-2025 ¦ Last updated: 18:01 07-04-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/04/asystasia-mysorensis-roth-tanderson.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Nice picture and good efforts dear Dinesh ji.

Mysore cheera മൈസൂർ ചീര is the correct spelling.

Regards, Sam 

[Dinesh Valke]

Thanks very much, Sam ji.

മൈസൂരു mysooru is already validated in compilation of Sida mysorensis Wight & Arn.

https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/T5dGlwoWhoo/m/TUah89u2BwAJ

Malayalam spelling  മൈസൂരു is got  from the title of Malayalam Wikipedia page.

The other spelling മൈസൂർ.also must be in use.

Regards.

Dinesh

Regards.
Dinesh

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Dear Dinesh ji,
We, Malayalees only call this place as Mysore മൈസൂർ.

Regards, Sam.

[Dinesh Valke]

Dear Sam ji,

Please note that

മൈസൂരു mysooru is already validated by you in compilation of Sida mysorensis Wight & Arn.

https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/T5dGlwoWhoo/m/TUah89u2BwAJ

It is very important that we keep the name consistent across the species. 

I would have gone ahead to revise the spelling only if it was incorrect.

Regards.

Dinesh

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Dear Dinesh ji,
My suggestion is before checking Sida mysorensis.  The spelling Mysooru മൈസൂരു also correct.

Regards, Sam.

[Sam Kuzhalanattu]

Dear Dinesh ji,

Sorry for the late reply, I am already composed my reply, but clicked on draft option instead of sending.

Regards, Sam.

[Dinesh Valke]

Dear Sam ji, thanks always for your help in validating the Malayalam name and its English spelling.
Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Thanks Dinesh ji for very useful compilation.