*Haplanthodes neilgherryensis* (Wight) R.B.Majumdar [image: 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 <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:49367-1#synonyms> ... same as *Haplanthodes tentaculatus* (L.) R.B. Majumdar var. *neilgherryensis* (Wight) J.R.I. Wood ... Botanical Survey of India <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/speciesDesc_PCL.action?species_id=22386> *distribution in India*: Rajasthan, Daman and Diu, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, endemic to India ... Botanical Survey of India <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/speciesDesc_PCL.action?species_id=22386> 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 <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/q8Xns7p5iVI/m/3m1GBQaMDAAJ> ~~~~~ 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* - Flora of Goa <http://www.goafoundation.org/biodiversity/annexure6c.htm> - 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 <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/speciesDesc_PCL.action?species_id=22386> - Floristic and ethnobotanical studies of Achankovil forests Western Ghats Kerala <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/97482/6/15_chapter5.pdf> - 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 <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/speciesDesc_PCL.action?species_id=22386> ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ *கம்பளிப்பூ குறிஞ்சி kambalipoo kurinji* - Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with this name ... efloraofindia <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/DWt4Vb-Zek4/m/b95AMyySDAAJ> - Narasimhan, D. & Irwin, Sheeba. (2021).Flowering Plants of Tamil Nadu: A Compendium <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354069788_Flowering_Plants_of_Tamil_Nadu_A_Compendium> . ~~~~~ x ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/01/haplanthodes-neilgherryensis-wight.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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC1cZ4twi1T%3DkCT-EU7pZgnfBc01vXeLCZw9%2BwxJqAJy3g%40mail.gmail.com.