Names of Plants in India :: Achyranthes coynei Santapau

[Dinesh Valke]

Achyranthes coynei Santapau

ak-ky-RAN-thees -- Greek: achyr (chaff); anthos (flower) ... Dave's Botanary
COIN-ee-eye -- probably named for Fr. Aloysius M. Coyne, Principal of St. Xavier College

commonly known as: pink chaff flower, south Indian chaff flower • Kachchhi: લાલ આઘાડો lal aghado • Kannada: ಕೆಂಪು ಉತ್ತರಾಣಿ kempu uttarani • Marathi: लाल अघाडा lal aghada • Tamil: சிவப்பு அபாமார்க்கம் civappu apamarkkam


botanical names: Achyranthes coynei Santapau ... synonyms: no known synonym ... POWO, retrieved 18 October 2025

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

pink chaff flower, south Indian chaff flower

• Flowers of India, retrieved October 18, 2025

~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~

written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat

લાલ આઘાડો lal aghado

• name coined, for want of name, based on Marathi coined-name
• Satish, Koppineedi & Shaik, Vazeed & Peddi, Hari Krishna & Chintala, Sudhakar Reddy. (2015). Achyranthes coynei Santapau (Amaranthaceae): An Endemic and Threatened Species from Kachchh Desert, India. National Academy Science Letters. 38. 10.1007/s40009-014-0338-0.

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಕೆಂಪು ಉತ್ತರಾಣಿ kempu uttarani

• Pai, S.R., V. Upadhya, H.V. Hegde & S.D. Kholkute(2011). Achyranthes coynei Santapau, 1949 (Amaranthaceae) - an addition to the flora of Karnataka, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 3(6): 1875–1879.

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

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

लाल अघाडा lal aghada

• name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Further Flowers of Sahyadri, the second among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

சிவப்பு அபாமார்க்கம் civappu apamarkkam

• name coined, for want of name, based on Marathi coined-name
• Karthick, Ravikumar & Jeya, Jothi. (2021). Achyranthes coynei Santapau (Amaranthaceae): A New Record for Southern Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Plant Animal and Environmental Sciences. 11. 596-599.

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

Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu; endemic

• Gujarat :: Satish, Koppineedi & Shaik, Vazeed & Peddi, Hari Krishna & Chintala, Sudhakar Reddy. (2015). Achyranthes coynei Santapau (Amaranthaceae): An Endemic and Threatened Species from Kachchh Desert, India. National Academy Science Letters. 38. 10.1007/s40009-014-0338-0.
• Karnataka :: Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board)
• Maharashtra :: The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा [accessed on: 28 Apr 2014]
• Tamil Nadu :: Karthick, Ravikumar & Jeya, Jothi. (2021). Achyranthes coynei Santapau (Amaranthaceae): A New Record for Southern Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Plant Animal and Environmental Sciences. 11. 596-599.

~~~~~ Created on: 16:38 18-10-2025 ¦ Last updated: 18:39 18-10-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/10/achyranthes-coynei-santapau.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Very useful compilation Dinesh ji.