*Bonnaya antipoda* (L.) Druce [image: Bonnaya antipoda (L.) Druce] ¿ *bon-NEY-ah* ? -- named for Charles François, Marquis de Bonnay (1750-1825), French military officer, politician and diplomat, student of botany ... Plant genera named after people (1753-1853) by José A. Mari Mut <https://ia600105.us.archive.org/24/items/plantgenera/plantgenera.pdf> *an-te-PO-da* or *an-TIP-uh-da* -- from the Greek, *anti* (opposite) and *pous* (foot), referring to people or places diametrically opposite on the globe ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=antipoda>
*commonly known as*: fart weed, sparrow false pimpernel • *Assamese*: বগা কাঁচিডৰিয়া baga kachidoria • *Bengali*: সাদা পানি ঘাস sada pani ghas, জাই ঘাস zai ghas • *Khamti*: yakio • *Konkani*: शेवाळ sheval • *Marathi*: शेवाळ sheval • *Tamil*: தண்ணிப் பூண்டு thanni poondu • *Telugu*: నీళ్ల పుండు neella pundu *botanical names*: *Bonnaya antipoda* (L.) Druce ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Lindernia antipoda* (L.) Alston • *Ruellia antipoda* L. ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Bonnaya bracteata* Griff. • *Bonnaya verbenifolia* (Colsm.) Spreng. • *Lindernia verbenifolia* (Colsm.) Pennell ... and many more at POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/> Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ *fart weed* - G. Gaddeyya and P. K. Ratna Kumar - Studies on weed infestation of some agricultural fields at Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh <https://www.cropandweed.com/archives/2014/vol10issue2/66.pdf> - Journal of Crop and Weed, 10(2):419-429(2014) *sparrow false pimpernel* - Digital Flora of Karnataka <https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/FloraKarnataka/herbsheet.php?id=4038&cat=1> by Herbarium JCB - or sparrow lindernia ... Flowers of India <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sparrow%20Lindernia.html> ~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~ *বগা কাঁচিডৰিয়া baga kachidoria* - Many thanks to Ashim Gogoi for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1935110436580549&set=gm.2264777730419806> ~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~ *সাদা পানি ঘাস sada pani ghas, জাই ঘাস zai ghas* - Many thanks to Subham Sahu for help with these names for *Lindernia antipoda* (L.) Alston ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=491641428748590&set=a.126426821936721> ~~~~~ KHAMTI ~~~~~ *yakio* - Das & Tag - Ethnomedicinal studies of the *Khamti* tribe of Arunachal Pradesh <https://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/6911/1/IJTK%205(3)%20(2006)%20317-322.pdf> - Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge Vol. 5(3), July 2006, pp. 317-322 - this language has its own native script ~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~ *शेवाळ sheval* - name borrowed from Marathi, for want of name ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ *शेवाळ sheval* - Many thanks to Swagat Thorat for help with this name for *Lindernia antipoda* (L.) Alston ... efloraofindia <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/v8lY8UKv0_w/m/JzPSPH5UzT8J> - this name is quite generic, and normally applied to mosses and other tiny aquatic plants which spread over wet walls and ground ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ *தண்ணிப் பூண்டு thanni poondu* - for *Lindernia antipoda* (L.) Alston ... Tamil names of Botanical names <https://books.google.com/books?id=EIE5EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false> by Yercaud Ilango ~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ *నీళ్ల పుండు neella pundu* - Many thanks to A. Lalithamba for help with this name ... efloraofindia <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/OeAqLTsWjec> - for *Lindernia antipoda* (L.) Alston ... Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats <http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/EasternGhats/herbsheet.php?id=3526&cat=4> by Herbarium JCB - for *Lindernia antipoda* (L.) Alston ... EPTRI-ENVIS Centre (SoE &RI-AP) - Medicinal Herbs - Amazing Healing Properties <https://apenvis.nic.in/All%20PDF%20Files/COMMON/8.Medicinal%20Herbs%20-%20Amazing%20Healing%20Properties.pdf> - Article 08/2015/ENVIS-SoEAP ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, ***Bihar, ***Jharkhand, Goa, ***Gujarat, ***Karnataka, ***Kerala, ***Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, ***Meghalaya, ***Odisha, Tamil Nadu, ***Tripura, ***Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal - for *Lindernia antipoda* (L.) Alston ... S Rajendra Kumar, S Kalavathy (2010) Floristic status and its conservation in the forests of the north Gujarat region (NGR) Gujarat, India <http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/5084/11/11_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga - for *Lindernia antipoda* (L.) Alston ... Qureshimatva UM, Maurya RR, Gamit SB, Solanki HA (2016) - Check List of Flowering Plants in Panchmahal District, Gujarat, India. <https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/check-list-of-flowering-plants-in-panchmahal-district-gujarat-india-2168-9776-1000176.pdf> - Forest Res 5: 176. doi:10.4172/2168-9776.1000176 - for *Lindernia antipoda* (L.) Alston ... 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%202.pdf> 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board) - for *Lindernia antipoda* (L.) Alston ... The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा <http://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf> - Hassler, Michael (2004 - 2023): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 16.3; last update Aug. 16th, 2023. Last accessed 19/08/2023. *** no given name / no name found, in the regional language(s) of the state ~~~~~ x ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/08/bonnaya-antipoda-l-druce.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/CABSQqC0S%3DkLgnHyoYm91n%3DL4Er7fP9v587Q-Pi3NN%2B12CQ19ug%40mail.gmail.com.