Names of Plants in India :: Swertia raveendrae Shahina & Nampy

[Dinesh Valke]

Swertia raveendrae Shahina & Nampy

SWER-tee-uh -- named for Emanual Sweert, Dutch botanist, artist and author ... Dave's Botanary
¿ ruh-WIN-dray ? ... named in honour of Prof. K. Raveendrakumar (former Head, Department of Botany, Sri Vyasa N.S.S. College, Wadakanchery) ... Phytotaxa 195(1): 44 (2015)

commonly known as: Kanara blue swertia • Kannada: ಕಾಫಿನಾಡು ಕಿರಾತ kaaphinaadu kiraatha


botanical names: Swertia raveendrae Shahina & Nampy ... synonyms: no known synonyms ... POWO, retrieved 11 October 2024

Bibliography / etymology

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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

Kanara blue swertia

• for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved October 11, 2024

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

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

ಕಾಫಿನಾಡು ಕಿರಾತ kaaphinaadu kiraatha

• name coined, for want of name; ಕಾಫಿನಾಡು kaaphinaadu = another name for Chikmagalur (in Karnataka), place where this species was first discovered; ಕಿರಾತ kiraatha = a name given to Swertia chirayita (Roxb.) H.Karst.
• ಕಾಫಿನಾಡು kaaphinaadu literally means land of coffee; this was the place where first coffee crop was grown in India

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

Karnataka; endemic

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.10; last update October 9th, 2024. Last accessed 11/10/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 18:46 11-10-2024 ¦ Last updated: 20:53 11-10-2024 ~~~~~

Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/10/swertia-raveendrae-shahina-nampy.html

Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Very useful compilation Dinesh ji,