Names of Plants in India :: Haplanthodes neilgherryensis (Wight) R.B.Majumdar

[Dinesh Valke]

Haplanthodes neilgherryensis (Wight) R.B.Majumdar

¿ hap-LANTH-oh-deez ? -- Greek: haplos (single); anthos (flower)
¿ kneel-ghey-ree-YEN-sis ? -- of or from Nilgiri Hills; Neilgherry is the Anglicised name of Nilgiri

commonly known as: Nilgiri haplanthodes • Gujarati: નીલ જકારા nil jakara • Konkani: व्हडलें काळें किरायतें vhadlem kalem kiraytem • Marathi: निळा जकारा nila jakara • Tamil: கம்பளிப்பூ குறிஞ்சி kambalipoo kurinji


botanical names: Haplanthodes neilgherryensis (Wight) R.B.Majumdar ... homotypic synonyms: Bremekampia neilgherryensis (Wight) Sreem. • Haplanthodes tentaculata var. neilgherryensis (Wight) J.R.I.Wood • Haplanthus neilgherryensis Wight • Haplanthus tentaculatus var. neilgherryensis (Wight) C.B.Clarke ... accepted infraspecifics: Haplanthodes neilgherryensis var. neilgherryensis ... POWO ... same as Haplanthodes tentaculatus (L.) R.B. Majumdar var. neilgherryensis (Wight) J.R.I. Wood ... Botanical Survey of India

distribution in India: Rajasthan, Daman and Diu, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, endemic to India ... Botanical Survey of India

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

Nilgiri haplanthodes

• name coined, for want of name; derived from the geographical epithet neilgherryensis - of or from Nilgiri Hills

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

નીલ જકારા nil jakara

• Many thanks to Kiratsinh Zala for help with this name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

• Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

व्हडलें काळें किरायतें vhadlem kalem kiraytem

• Flora of Goa - webpage no longer available
• व्हडलें vhadlem = larger; काळें kalem = black; किरायतें kiraytem = generic name given to small medicinal herbs

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

• Botanical Survey of India
• Floristic and ethnobotanical studies of Achankovil forests Western Ghats Kerala - a thesis by Jose Mathew

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

निळा जकारा nila jakara

• name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, author of Flowers of Sahyadri, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
• निळा nila = blue colour; जकारा jakara = a dense bush, in this context, referring to the spike of cladodes

~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

• Botanical Survey of India

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

கம்பளிப்பூ குறிஞ்சி kambalipoo kurinji

• Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with this name ... efloraofindia
• Narasimhan, D. & Irwin, Sheeba. (2021).Flowering Plants of Tamil Nadu: A Compendium.

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/01/haplanthodes-neilgherryensis-wight.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[J.M. Garg]

Great work, Dinesh ji

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J. M. Garg

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Beautiful picture with great presentation Dinesh ji