Nice picture and great work dear Dinesh ji. *ജോമീ കുറിഞ്ഞി* is the correct Malayalam spelling. Regards, Sam.
On Thu, 11 Sept, 2025, 4:27 pm Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: > *Strobilanthes jomyi* P.Biju, Josekutty, Rekha & J.R.I.Wood > [image: Strobilanthes jomyi P.Biju, Josekutty, Rekha & J.R.I.Wood] > <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86187057> > > *stroh-bil-AN-theez* -- cone flower ... Dave's Botanary > <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Strobilanthes> > *JOH-mee* -- named to honour Dr. Jomy Augustine, Professor of Systematic > Botany, St. Thomas College, Kerala > > *commonly known as*: dangling coneflower • *Kannada*: ಜೋಮಿ ಕಾರ್ವಿ jomi > karvi • *Malayalam*: ജൊമീ കുരിന്ജീ jomi kurinji > > > *botanical names*: *Strobilanthes jomyi* P.Biju, Josekutty, Rekha & > J.R.I.Wood ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 10 > September 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 > *dangling coneflower* > > - for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India > <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Dangling%20Coneflower.html>, > retrieved September 10, 2025 > > ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ > written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* > *ಜೋಮಿ ಕಾರ್ವಿ jomi karvi* > > - name coined, for want of name; ಜೋಮಿ jomi = this species is named to > honour Dr. Jomy Augustine, Professor of Systematic Botany, St. Thomas > College, Kerala; ಕಾರ್ವಿ karvi = given name of *Strobilanthes callosa* > > ~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ > written in: *Malayalam* (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: *Kerala*, Lakshadweep > *ജൊമീ കുരിന്ജീ jomi kurinji* > > - for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India > <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Dangling%20Coneflower.html>, > retrieved September 10, 2025 > - ജൊമീ jomi = this species is named to honour Dr. Jomy Augustine, > Professor of Systematic Botany, St. Thomas College, Kerala; കുരിന്ജീ > kurinji = a generic name given to some members of Acanthaceae, > typically to some species of *Strobilanthes* and *Barleria* > > ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ > Karnataka, Kerala; 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 25.09; last update Sept. 4th, 2025. Last accessed 10/09/2025 > (dd/mm/yyyy). > - Karnataka :: observations in iNaturalist > <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=7043&taxon_id=1263472> > > ~~~~~ Created on: 19:05 10-09-2025 ¦ Last updated: 12:57 11-09-2025 > (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ > > > > > > > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/09/strobilanthes-jomyi-pbiju-josekutty.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/CADkXgDSgFuLJ75%3DZfm3gBQdFN9F0ehZ4c0W7%3DTNq_AuU3gx0wQ%40mail.gmail.com.
