*Lecanthus obtusus* (Royle) Hand.-Mazz. [image: Lecanthus obtusus (Royle) Hand.-Mazz.] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92319665>
¿ *lay-KAN-thuss* ? -- Greek: *lekane* (dish, pot), *anthos* (flower)... Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English> *ob-TOO-sus* -- blunt ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=obtusus> *commonly known as*: dwarf dischead • *Dogri*: बौना फंडेर bauna phander • *Hindi*: बौना बिच्छू bauna bicchu • *Marathi*: लहान फूलपगडी lahan phulapagadi *botanical names*: *Lecanthus obtusus* (Royle) Hand.-Mazz. ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Procris obtusa* Royle ... *heterotypic synonyms*: *Elatostema ovatum* Wight • *Lecanthus peduncularis* var. *garhwalensis* Silas & R.D.Gaur • *Lecanthus wightii* Wedd. ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 29 September 2024 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 *dwarf dischead* - for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Dwarf%20Dischead.html>, retrieved September 29, 2024 ~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (डोगरी) ... spoken in: *Jammu & Kashmir* ... spoken by the Dogras *बौना फंडेर bauna phander* - name coined, for want of name; बौना bauna = dwarf, short; फंडेर phander = a name given to *Lecanthus peduncularis* (Royle) Wedd. ... named so, due to morphological similarity between both the species, and for *L. obtusus* being relatively shorter in habit than *L. peduncularis* ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*, Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* *बौना बिच्छू bauna bicchu* - name coined, for want of name; बौना bauna = dwarf, short; बिच्छू bicchu = scorpion; it is a generic name given to several plants of nettle family, including *Lecanthus peduncularis* (Royle) Wedd. ... named so, due to morphological similarity between both the species, and for *L. obtusus* being relatively shorter in habit than *L. peduncularis* ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka *लहान फूलपगडी lahan phulapagadi* - name coined, for want of name; लहान lahan = small, short; फूलपगडी phulapagadi = a small, fine, and costly kind of turban; a coined-name given to *Lecanthus peduncularis* (Royle) Wedd. ... named so, as the flowerhead alludes to a ornamental turban; the flowerhead of *L. obtusus* is relatively shorter than that of *L. peduncularis* ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand; endemic - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2024): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 24.9; last update September 19th, 2024. Last accessed 29/09/2024 (dd/mm/yyyy). ~~~~~ Created on: 17:12 29-09-2024 ¦ Last updated: 19:10 29-09-2024 ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/09/lecanthus-obtusus-royle-hand-mazz.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 on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC1puPtHgB6vEKZ%3Da%3D%2Bm08ESX0vSoEeStr49C8mU2L0edA%40mail.gmail.com.
