Swertia minor

Swertia minor (Griseb.) Knobl., Botanisches Centralblatt 40: 394. 1894. (syn. Ophelia minor Griseb., Pleurogyna minor (Griseb.) Benth.)
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lo-ma-to-GO-nee-um — Greek: lomato (fringed); gonium (angle, edge) … Dave’s Botanary
MY-nus — smaller, lesser … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: lesser swertia • Gujarati: નાનું કરિયાતુ nanu kariyatu • Hindi: छोटी चिरायता chhoti chirayta • Kannada: ಸಣ್ಣ ಕಿರಾತತಿಕ್ತ sanna kiraathathiktha • Malayalam: ചെറിയ അവൽപ്പൂവ് cheriya avalpoovu • Marathi: लहान चिरायत lahan chirayat • Tamil: சிறிய நிலவேம்பு siriya nila-vempu
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/10/lomatogonium-minus-griseb-fernald.html
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Low herb; stem subterete, faintly winged. Leaves ovate, rarely obovate, 0.6-1.8 x 0.3-1.2 cm, estipulate, 3-ribbed, stem-clasping, midrib faintly winged below, base obtuse, apex acute. Cymes to 2 cm, to 3-flowered; peduncles to 1.5 cm. Calyx-lobes 4, elliptic, 5 x 2 mm, glabrous, apiculate. Corolla rose; tube 1 mm; lobes 4, elliptic-oblong, 0.6 x 0.2 cm, twisted; nectaries 2 per lobe, basal, oblong, 3 mm wide. Stamens 4; filaments narrowly winged. Ovary 1-celled; ovules numerous, on parietal placentae; stigma sessile, 2-lobed. 

Flowering and fruiting: August-September
Wet areas in grasslands
Southern Western Ghats (Endemic)
(From India Biodiversity Portal (Swertia minor (Griseb.) Knobl.) 
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Campanulaceae & Gentianaceae Week: Gentianaceae :: Swertia minor at Prabalgad and Kulang Fort:
Sharing few photographs of Swertia minor from Prabalgad and Kulang Fort.
Family: Gentianaceae.


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Campanulaceae & Gentianaceae Week: Gentianaceae :: Swertia minor at Panchagani:
Swertia minor (Griseb.) Knobl.
SWER-tee-uh — named for Emanual Sweert, Dutch botanist, artist and author
MY-nor — smaller, lesser 
  … Dave’s Botanary

Aug 26, 2010 … at Tableland, Panchagani, Maharashtra
commonly known as: lesser swertia • Kannada: ಕಿರಾತ ತಿಕ್ತ kiraatha thiktha • Marathi: लहान चिरायत lahan chirayat
¿ Endemic to: Western Ghats (of India) ?
References: Flowers of IndiaFurther Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
more views: Aug 26, 2010 … at Tableland, Panchagani, Maharashtra
… more views on flickr.



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Kaas Week : Swertia minor:
Aug., 2009


Good …, you posted an unusual plant.



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Kas week: Swertia sp.1 SMP:
Observed this Swertia species flowering on Kas 2 years back in Sep. I think it is Swertia minor. Pl Validate.
Flower size may be upto 5 mm


 


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Exacum lawii : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 3 authors.

Validate Please
At Kusur platue
16 Aug,2013


Could this be Swertia minor??


Agree with … This is Swertia minor.



Gentinaceae week: Swertia minor : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1).
Swertia minor, collected from Vellingiri hills of Tamil Nadu during 2011. Sorry for the less quality of picture.



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Swertia minor : 7 posts by 7 authors. Attachments (1).


Good shot …



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Swertia minor from Prabalgad and Kulang Fort.
Family: Gentianaceae.


So nice.



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Kannada name for Swertia minor:
Please validate this name : ಕಿರಾತ ತಿಕ್ತ kiraatha thiktha for Swertia minor.
Reference: ENVIS –
FRLHT <http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?parname=0>


I understand that the name is one word “Kiratatikta’ in kannada.
While writing in kannada you may join the two words (ಕಿರಾತತಿಕ್ತ), it makes up.



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Tamhini ghat near Pune, MH :: Swertia minor :: ARK2019-90 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3)
This was seen by on a small plateau by the roadside near Tamhini ghat near Pune, MH in Aug 2019.
This is Swertia minor.

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Names of Plants in India :: Swertia minor:

via Species‎ > ‎S‎ > ‎Swertia minor (Griseb.) Knobl.

SWER-tee-uh — named for Emanual Sweert, Dutch botanist, artist and author
MY-nor — smaller, lesser 
commonly known aslesser swertia • Kannada: ¿ ಕಿರಾತ ತಿಕ್ತ ? kiraatha thiktha • Marathi: लहान चिरायत lahan chirayat
botanical namesSwertia minor (Griseb.) Knobl. … synonymsOphelia minor Griseb. • Pleurogyna minor (Griseb.) Benth.
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Plant in photo: at Naneghat, about 2040 ft asl, 15 AUG 11.
The Kannada name ಕಿರಾತ ತಿಕ್ತ remains to be validated for its spelling (to conform to kiraatha thiktha).


Lomatogonium minus (Griseb.) Fernald

lo-ma-to-GO-nee-um — Greek: lomato (fringed); gonium (angle, edge) … Dave’s Botanary
MY-nus — smaller, lesser … Dave’s Botanarycommonly known as: lesser swertia • Gujarati: નાનું કરિયાતુ nanu kariyatu • Hindi: छोटी चिरायता chhoti chirayta • Kannada: ಸಣ್ಣ ಕಿರಾತತಿಕ್ತ sanna kiraathathiktha • Malayalam: ചെറിയ അവൽപ്പൂവ് cheriya avalpoovu • Marathi: लहान चिरायत lahan chirayat • Tamil: சிறிய நிலவேம்பு siriya nila-vempu

botanical namesLomatogonium minus (Griseb.) Fernald … homotypic synonymsOphelia minor Griseb. • Pleurogyne minor (Griseb.) Nairne • Swertia minor (Griseb.) Knobl. … POWO, retrieved 12 October 2024

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 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
lesser swertia
  • for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India, retrieved October 12, 2024
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) … spoken in: GujaratDadra & Nagar HaveliDaman & Diu
નાનું કરિયાતુ nanu kariyatu
  • name coined, for want of name; નાનું nanu = small, comparatively smaller or lesser; કરિયાતુ kariyatu = a name given to Swertia chirayita (Roxb.) H.Karst.
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) … spoken in: DelhiUttar PradeshBiharChhattisgarhHaryanaJharkhandMadhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
छोटी चिरायता chhoti chirayta
  • for Swertia minor (Griseb.) Knobl. … Many thanks to Nayan Singh Dungriyal for help with this name … facebook
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka
ಸಣ್ಣ ಕಿರಾತತಿಕ್ತ sanna kiraathathiktha
  • name coined, for want of name; ಸಣ್ಣ sanna = small, comparatively smaller or lesser; ಕಿರಾತತಿಕ್ತ kiraathathiktha = a name given to Swertia chirayita (Roxb.) H.Karst.
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
ചെറിയ അവൽപ്പൂവ് cheriya avalpoovu
  • name coined, for want of name; ചെറിയ cheriya = small, comparatively smaller or lesser; അവൽപ്പൂവ് avalpoovu = a name given to Swertia corymbosa (Griseb.) Fielding & Gardner
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
लहान चिरायत lahan chirayat
  • for Swertia minor (Griseb.) Knobl. … 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
சிறிய நிலவேம்பு siriya nila-vempu
  • name coined, for want of name; சிறிய siriya = small, comparatively smaller or lesser; நிலவேம்பு nila-vempu = a name given to Swertia chirayita (Roxb.) H.Karst.
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
!*Chattishgarh, Gujarat, !*Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state
! distribution doubtful

~~~~~ Created on: 13:40 12-10-2024 ¦ Last updated: 19:17 12-10-2024 ~~~~~

both Malayalam and English spellings are correct



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References:

Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post  Flowers of India (syn. Ophelia minor, Pleurogyna minor)  Tropicos

India Biodiversity Portal (Swertia minor (Griseb.) Knobl. syn. Ophelia minor, Pleurogyna minor

Biodiversity in India, Volume 4 edited by T. Pullaiah (2006- Swertia minor (Griseb.) Knobl. syn. Ophelia minor Griseb., Pleurogyna minor (Griseb.) Benth.)
Indian Gentianaceae: A Check-list By Sunita Garg
The Plant List (Swertia minor Knobl.- Unresolved)  Flickr: Search Vivek Kale’s photostream