Elephantopus scaber L. Sp. Pl. 2: 814. 1753 Type: Lectotype = "Ana-schovadi" in Rheede, Hort. Malab., 10: 13, t. 7, 1690
IPNI says this is cosmopolitan in distribution in tropics so that means it is found in both New and the Old World. I assume Dinesh sir already knows about old and new world. What ever may be the case, this plant was described for the first time from India itself. Regards Pankaj 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. >> > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
