While NPGS / GRIN puts this plant as native of the tropics of Africa, Asia through Australia ... http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?401632 PIER puts it otherwise: native of the tropics of the new world ... http://www.hear.org/pier/species/elephantopus_mollis.htm.
Any thoughts ? Regards. On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:27 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Elephantobus scaber > Tanay > > 2010/11/15 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > > *Elephantopus scaber* ... commonly known as: false tobacco, prickly-leaved >> elephant’s foot • Bengali: হস্তী পাদ hasti pada • Hindi: अधोमुख adhomukha, >> बन तम्बाखू ban-tambakhu, गोभी gobhi • Kannada: ಆನೆಕಾಲು ಗಿಡ aanekaalu gida, >> ಹಸ್ತಿ ಪಾದ hasti pada • Konkani: hakkarike • Marathi: हस्तीपात hastipata, >> पातरी OR पाथरी pathari • Nepalese: सहस्त्र बुटि sahasra buti • Oriya: >> mayurachula • Sanskrit: अधपातः adhapata, गोजिह्वा gojihva OR गोजिव्हा >> gojivha, खरपर्णिनी kharaparnini, प्रस्तरिणी prastarini • Tamil: யானைச்சுவடி >> yanai-c-cuvati • Telugu: ఎద్దుపట్టు eddupattu • Urdu: گوبهی gobhi >> >> >> >> >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:11 PM, Selvalakshmi Selvaraj < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Elephantobus scaber >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Selvalakshmi S. >>> Doctoral Scholar, >>> Bharathiar University, >>> Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. >>> >>> >> > > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > [email protected] > >
