Truly a great picture !!! Awesome Tanay On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Many thanks Muthu and Prashant for the appreciation. > > Dear friends, is this plant restricted to Western Ghats of Maharashtra and > Karnataka ? > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> wow, really lucid. beautiful capture with the insects Dineshji >> >> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> via Species<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> >>> > S <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/s> >>> > >>> *Swertia minor* (Griseb.) Knobl. >>> [image: Swertia minor (Griseb.) >>> Knobl.]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/6049228339/> >>> >>> >>> [image: Flowers of >>> India]<http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Lesser%20Swertia.html>[image: >>> Discussions at >>> efloraofindia]<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21searchin/indiantreepix/Swertia%20minor>[image: >>> more views in >>> flickr]<http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Swertiaminor&m=tags&z=m>[image: >>> more views on Google >>> Earth]<http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Swertiaminor&format=kml_nl> >>> >>> >>> *SWER-tee-uh* -- named for Emanual Sweert, Dutch botanist, artist and >>> author >>> *MY-nor* -- smaller, lesser >>> >>> >>> *commonly known as*: lesser >>> swertia<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/lesser-swertia> >>> • *Kannada*: ¿ ಕಿರಾತ >>> ತಿಕ್ತ<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/kirata-tikta-kiraatha-thiktha> >>> ? kiraatha >>> thiktha<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/kirata-tikta-kiraatha-thiktha> >>> • *Marathi*: लहान चिरायत lahan >>> chirayat<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/lahana-cirayata-lahan-chirayat> >>> >>> >>> >>> *botanical names*: *Swertia minor* (Griseb.) Knobl. ... *synonyms*: *Ophelia >>> minor* Griseb. • *Pleurogyna minor* (Griseb.) Benth. >>> >>> >>> >>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>> - - - - >>> >>> Plant in photo: at Naneghat, about 2040 ft asl, 15 AUG 11. >>> >>> The Kannada name >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/kirata-tikta-kiraatha-thiktha>ಕಿರಾತ >>> ತಿಕ್ತ remains to be validated for its spelling (to conform to *kiraatha >>> thiktha*). >>> >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Muthu Karthick, N >> Care Earth Trust >> #15, second main road, >> Thillai ganga nagar, >> Chennai - 600 061 >> Mob: 0091 96268 33911 >> www.careearthtrust.org >> >> > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
