Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. “*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*).”
“Dear friends, is this plant restricted to Western Ghats of Maharashtra and Karnataka ? Regards. Dinesh” ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> Date: 18 August 2011 16:17 Subject: [efloraofindia:77499] Names of Plants in India :: Swertia minor To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> 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 -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1740 members & 90,000 messages on 31/10/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
