*Haplanthodes tentaculata* (L.) R.B.Majumdar [image: Haplanthodes tentaculata (L.) R.B.Majumdar]
¿ *hap-LANTH-oh-deez* ? -- Greek: *haplos* (single); *anthos* (flower) ¿ *ten-tak-yoo-LAH-tus* ? -- referring to the tentacle-like spikes *commonly known as*: tentacled haplanthodes • *Konkani*: व्हडलें काळें किरायतें vhadlem kalem kiraytem • *Marathi*: फिकट निळा जकारा fikat nila jakara *botanical names*: *Haplanthodes tentaculata* (L.) R.B.Majumdar ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Bremekampia tentaculata* (L.) Sreem. • *Haplanthus tentaculatus* (L.) Nees • *Ruellia tentaculata* L. ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Ruellia aciculata* B.Heyne ex Roth ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:49368-1#synonyms> ... same as *Haplanthodes tentaculatus* (L.) R.B. Majumdar var. *tentaculatus* ... Botanical Survey of India <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/speciesDesc_PCL.action?species_id=22386> *distribution in India*: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Tamil Nadu, endemic to Western Ghats ... Botanical Survey of India <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/speciesDesc_PCL.action?species_id=22386> Bibliography / etymology ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ *tentacled haplanthodes* - name coined by Flowers of India <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Tentacled%20Haplanthodes.html>, for want of name; derived from the descriptive epithet *tentaculata* ~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ *no given name / no name found* - for synonym *Haplanthus tentaculatus Nees var. tentaculatus* ... Flora of Gujarat State <https://archive.org/details/flora-of-gujarath-state-rotated_202111/mode/2up> by G. L. Shah (1978) ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ *no given name / no name found* - Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. <https://kbb.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Flora%20of%20Karnataka/Part%201.pdf> 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board) ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ *व्हडलें काळें किरायतें vhadlem kalem kiraytem* - Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/153789/10/09_chapter%205.pdf> with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak - व्हडलें vhadlem = larger; काळें kalem = black; किरायतें kiraytem = generic name given to small medicinal herbs ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ *फिकट निळा जकारा fikat nila jakara* - this name built on निळा जकारा nila jakara, a name coined by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, author of *Flowers of Sahyadri*, for *Haplanthodes neilgherryensis* (Wight) R.B.Majumdar - फिकट fikat = pale (esp. colour); निळा nila = blue colour; जकारा jakara = a dense bush, in this context, referring to the spike of cladodes ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ *no given name / no name found* - Botanical Survey of India <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/speciesDesc_PCL.action?species_id=22386> - Distribution doubtful, not listed in ... ENVIS - Plants of Tamil Nadu database <http://www.tnenvis.nic.in/tnenvis_old/pdf/floralchecklist.xls> - Distribution doubtful, not listed in ... The Tamil Nadu Forest Department - Plants of Tamil Nadu <https://www.forests.tn.gov.in/tnforest/app/webroot/img/document/Book1.pdf> ~~~~~ x ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/01/haplanthodes-tentaculata-l-rbmajumdar.html Regards. Dinesh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC1arcLUdd%3DcNJW2nTPD3Po6mTLQ_csuooQJtVxteutN3Q%40mail.gmail.com.
