Many many thanks Sushant for this information. If the generic Marathi name for Lepidagathis is कोच, shall we coin the name for this species as:महाकश्यपी कोच mahakashyapi koch ?
Regards. Dinesh On Thu, Jul 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM Sushant More <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear sir lovely images of this endemic plant > Western Maharashtra on ghats Rural areas Lepidagathis is usually called as > कोच in Marathi > > On Thu, 3 Jul, 2025, 5:02 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *Lepidagathis mahakassapae* S.More, M.Sawant, H.S.Bhosale & Kambale >> [image: Lepidagathis mahakassapae S.More, M.Sawant, H.S.Bhosale & Kambale] >> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/270429319> >> >> *lep-id-AG-ath-is* -- Greek: *lepis* (scale); *agathis* (clew = ball of >> thread, yarn, or twine) ... Catalogue of the Plants >> <https://books.google.co.in/books?id=kEM-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA160&lpg=PA160&dq=lepidagathis+scaly+agathis&source=bl&ots=gEK1EkcIuC&sig=ACfU3U1FKivCg2nB_M8Lp0UycE-4xT2DRg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjn4oGHsqDmAhVt4nMBHSPcBrQQ6AEwDXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=lepidagathis%20scaly%20agathis&f=false> >> ¿ *mah-AH-kus-suh-pay* ? -- named for Mahakasyapa (Pali: Mahakassapa) - >> he was one of the principal disciples of the Buddha >> >> *commonly known as*: Mahakassapa lepidagathis • *Marathi*: महाकश्यपी >> अडुळसा mahakashyapi adulasa >> >> >> *botanical names*: *Lepidagathis mahakassapae* S.More, M.Sawant, >> H.S.Bhosale & Kambale ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, >> retrieved 03 July 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 >> *Mahakassapa lepidagathis* >> >> - for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India >> >> <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mahakassapa%20Lepidagathis.html>, >> retrieved July 03, 2025 >> >> ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ >> written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka >> *महाकश्यपी अडुळसा mahakashyapi adulasa* >> >> - name coined, for want of name; महाकश्यपी mahakashyapi = this >> species is named for Mahakasyapa (Pali: Mahakassapa) - he was one of the >> principal disciples of the Buddha; अडुळसा adulasa = this species >> belongs to the *adulasa* family (Acanthaceae) >> >> ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ >> 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 25.06; last update June 15th, 2025. Last accessed 03/07/2025 >> (dd/mm/yyyy). >> >> ~~~~~ Created on: 11:58 03-07-2025 ¦ Last updated: 12:23 03-07-2025 >> (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ >> >> >> >> >> >> Names compiled / updated at >> https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/07/lepidagathis-mahakassapae-smore-msawant.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/CABSQqC1apvPwyhGk1gXT-T-sMYy%2BFEZJTUzW%2BhS0Fe8bbsew2A%40mail.gmail.com.
