Names of Plants in India :: Cirsium wallichii DC.

Dinesh Valke

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Feb 23, 2022, 8:52:26 AM2/23/22

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Cirsium wallichii DC.

SIR-see-um -- Greek kirsion (kind of thistle) ... Dave's Botanary
wall-IK-ee-eye -- named for Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, Danish plant hunter, botanist and physician ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Wallich's thistle • Dogri: भुस्स bhuss, बगूल bagul • Hindi: बूंगसी bungsee • Nepali: ढाडे काँडा dhaade kaandaa, सुङ्गुरे काँडा sunggure kaandaa, थकाल thakaal • Rajasthani: ब्रह्मदण्डी brahmdandi

botanical names: Cirsium wallichii DC. ... synonyms: Cirsium macracanthum Sch.Bip. • Cirsium nepalense DC. • Cnicus wallichii (DC.) C.B.Clarke ... and more at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

Wallich's thistle

Flowers of India
this species is named for Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, early 19th century Danish plant hunter, botanist and physician, who worked in India ... read more about him at Wikipedia

~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~

भुस्स bhuss, बगूल bagul

Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with these name ... facebook

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

बूंगसी bungsee

ENVIS - FRLHT

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

ढाडे काँडा dhaade kaandaa, सुङ्गुरे काँडा sunggure kaandaa, थकाल thakaal

Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~

ब्रह्मदण्डी brahmadandi

Floristic Composition of Beer Jhunjhunu Conservation Reserve of Rajasthan, India by Manju Chaudhary and S.K. Shringi
found also written as ब्रह्मदंडी brahmadandi

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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2022/02/cirsium-wallichii-dc.html

Regards.
Dinesh

Gurcharan Singh

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Feb 25, 2022, 2:08:43 AM2/25/22

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Great compilation, but I think it is C. falconeri. C. wallichii can't have that big heads, plus upper bracts are not spiny. See my upload

Asteraceae Fortnight Part 2-Discoid heads- Cirsium wallichii from Kashmir-GS34 (google.com)

J.M. Garg

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Feb 25, 2022, 2:33:20 AM2/25/22

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I think Cirsium wallichii as per discussions at Confusion between Circium argyracanthum and C. verutum

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