*Rungia elegans* Dalzell & A.Gibson [image: Rungia elegans Dalzell & A.Gibson] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109905310>
*RUN-jee-uh* -- named for Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, a German professor ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Rungia> • Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedlieb_Ferdinand_Runge> *ELL-eh-ganz* -- elegant ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=elegans> *commonly known as*: elegant rungia • *Kannada*: ಕೊಡ ಗಸಾಲೆ koda gasaale • *Marathi*: मोहक पित्तपापडा mohak pittapapada *botanical names*: *Rungia elegans* Dalzell & A.Gibson ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Diapedium elegans* (Dalzell & A.Gibson) Kuntze • *Justicia concinna* J.R.I.Wood ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 05 May 2025 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. The bits about the languages of India <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken *sensu amplo*. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India *elegant rungia* - for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Elegant%20Rungia.html>, retrieved May 05, 2025 ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ಕೊಡ ಗಸಾಲೆ koda gasaale* - 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) ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *मोहक पित्तपापडा mohak pittapapada* - name coined, for want of name; on lines of घाटी पित्तपापडा ghati pittapapada, a popular name given to *Justicia procumbens* L., घाटी ghati suggests distribution in the Desh region or country above the Western Ghats; मोहक mohak suggests the striking elegance of flower inflorescence of *Rungia elegans* Dalzell & A.Gibson ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ ¿ Goa ?, Karnataka, Maharashtra; endemic - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 25.04; last update April 17th, 2025. Last accessed 05/05/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). ~~~~~ Created on: 22:03 05-05-2025 ¦ Last updated: 12:21 06-05-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/05/rungia-elegans-dalzell-agibson.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, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC1F%2BB_tTa%3DqP5Vr3LVUBwnk%3D3RXNaGaBdiKjcUevApVCw%40mail.gmail.com.
