Very useful compilation Dinesh ji. On Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 8:27:33 PM UTC+5:30 Dinesh Valke wrote:
> *Achyranthes coynei* Santapau > [image: Achyranthes coynei Santapau] > <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/73724473> > > *ak-ky-RAN-thees* -- Greek: *achyr* (chaff); *anthos* (flower) ... Dave's > Botanary > <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Achyranthes> > *COIN-ee-eye* -- probably named for Fr. Aloysius M. Coyne, Principal of > St. Xavier College > > *commonly known as*: pink chaff flower, south Indian chaff flower • > *Kachchhi*: લાલ આઘાડો lal aghado • *Kannada*: ಕೆಂಪು ಉತ್ತರಾಣಿ kempu > uttarani • *Marathi*: लाल अघाडा lal aghada • *Tamil*: சிவப்பு > அபாமார்க்கம் civappu apamarkkam > > > *botanical names*: *Achyranthes coynei* Santapau ... *synonyms*: no known > synonym ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 18 October > 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 > *pink chaff flower, south Indian chaff flower* > > - Flowers of India > > <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/South-Indian%20Chaff%20Flower.html>, > > retrieved October 18, 2025 > > ~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~ > written in: *Gujarati* (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: *Kutch* > region of Gujarat > *લાલ આઘાડો lal aghado* > > - name coined, for want of name, based on Marathi coined-name > - Satish, Koppineedi & Shaik, Vazeed & Peddi, Hari Krishna & Chintala, > Sudhakar Reddy. (2015). *Achyranthes coynei* Santapau (Amaranthaceae): > An Endemic and Threatened Species from Kachchh Desert, India. > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278301813> National Academy > Science Letters. 38. 10.1007/s40009-014-0338-0. > > ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ > written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* > *ಕೆಂಪು ಉತ್ತರಾಣಿ kempu uttarani* > > - Pai, S.R., V. Upadhya, H.V. Hegde & S.D. Kholkute(2011). *Achyranthes > coynei* Santapau, 1949 (Amaranthaceae) - an addition to the flora of > Karnataka, India. > <https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/665> Journal > of Threatened Taxa 3(6): 1875–1879. > > ~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ > written in: *Devanagari* (मराठी) ... spoken in: *Maharashtra*, Karnataka > *लाल अघाडा lal aghada* > > - name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author > of *Further Flowers of Sahyadri*, the second among the three field > guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on > flowers > > ~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ > written in: *Tamil* (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: *Tamil Nadu*, Puducherry, > Andaman & Nicobar Islands > *சிவப்பு அபாமார்க்கம் civappu apamarkkam* > > - name coined, for want of name, based on Marathi coined-name > - Karthick, Ravikumar & Jeya, Jothi. (2021). *Achyranthes coynei* > Santapau (Amaranthaceae): A New Record for Southern Eastern Ghats of Tamil > Nadu, India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377409455> > International Journal of Plant Animal and Environmental Sciences. 11. > 596-599. > > ~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ > Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu; endemic > > - Gujarat :: Satish, Koppineedi & Shaik, Vazeed & Peddi, Hari Krishna > & Chintala, Sudhakar Reddy. (2015). *Achyranthes coynei* Santapau > (Amaranthaceae): An Endemic and Threatened Species from Kachchh Desert, > India. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278301813> National > Academy Science Letters. 38. 10.1007/s40009-014-0338-0. > - Karnataka :: Karnataka Biodiversity Board, 2019. FLORA OF KARNATAKA, > A Checklist, Volume – 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. > > <https://kbb.karnataka.gov.in/storage/pdf-files/Flora%20of%20Karnataka/Part%201.pdf> > > 1 - 1002 (Published by Karnataka Biodiversity Board) > - Maharashtra :: The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... > महाराष्ट्रातील > वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा > > <https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Vansampada/PDF/271-546.pdf> > [accessed > on: 28 Apr 2014] > - Tamil Nadu :: Karthick, Ravikumar & Jeya, Jothi. (2021). *Achyranthes > coynei* Santapau (Amaranthaceae): A New Record for Southern Eastern > Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. > <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377409455> International > Journal of Plant Animal and Environmental Sciences. 11. 596-599. > > ~~~~~ Created on: 16:38 18-10-2025 ¦ Last updated: 18:39 18-10-2025 > (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ > > > > > > > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/10/achyranthes-coynei-santapau.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/685803cc-78c5-4906-a07a-55d9c0c4c5fan%40googlegroups.com.
