... now distributed pantropically. Was wondering about nativity. Regards.
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >

