Argyreia osyrensis

Argyreia osyrensis (Roth) Choisy, Prodr. 9: 334 1845. (Syn: Argyreia aggregata (Roxb.) Choisy; Argyreia brachypoda (Kerr) Ooststr.; Argyreia osyrensis var. cinerea Hand.-Mazz.; Convolvulus canescens Roth; Convolvulus heynii Spreng.; Convolvulus orixensis Wall.; Ipomoea osyrensis Roth; Lettsomia aggregata Roxb.; Lettsomia aggregata var. osyrensis (Roth) C. B. Cl.; Lettsomia brachypoda Kerr);
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China (SW-Guangxi, S-Yunnan, Hainan), ?Bangladesh, ?Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, ?Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, N-Sumatra, Myanmar [Burma] (Mandalay, Shan) as per Catalogue of Life;
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ar-GY-ree-uh — from the Greek argyro, (silver), referring to the leaf margin color
¿ oh-syr-EN-sis ? — ¿ of or from Syria ? … Help needed to know the meaning
im-brih-KAY-tuh — shingled, overlapping … Dave’s Botanary
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For Argyreia osyrensis (Roth) Choisy
Climbing shrubs, branchlets white, tomentose. Leaves 5-10 x 4-8 cm, broadly ovate, apex acute, base subcordate, thinly pubescent above and tawny tomentose below; petiole to 4 cm, tomentose. Cymes densely white tomentose, peduncle 5-8 cm, bracts sub-orbicular; calyx 5, unequal, ovate, to 8 x 5 mm; corolla 1 cm, pink, tube to 1.5 cm; stamens exerted; ovary 2-locular, cell 2-ovuled, style 2 cm. Berry ca 1 cm across, red, enclosed by ovate-orbicular bracts.
Flowering and fruiting: December-May
Margins of grasslands
Indo-Malesia
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from
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Kerala: Palakkad Tamil Nadu: Dindigul, Madurai, Namakkal
(Attributions- G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram from India Biodiversity Portal);
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For Argyreia imbricata Santapau & V.Patel

Large climbers; stem white-woolly. Leaves 8-12 x 6 cm, ovate, obtusely acute, apiculate, rounded or subcordate at base, strigose above, white-tomentose beneath, nerves impressed above; petiole 3 cm long. Cymes terminal; peduncles 5 cm long; bracts and bracteoles small. Flowers few, shortly pedicelled; calyx lobe orbicular, 10 x 7 mm, densely hairy outside, reddish inside; corolla 2 cm long, pink. Berry 5 x 5 mm, reddish, densely hairy outside.

Flowering and fruiting: August-December
Shola forests
South India (endemic)
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal)
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Maharashtra: Sindhudurg Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Dharwar, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara Kerala: Idukki, Kozhikode, Palakkad Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar
(Attributions- G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram from India Biodiversity Portal)
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Argyreia osyrensis (Roth) Choisy … one of synonym: Argyreia imbricata (Roth) Sant. & Patel
ar-GY-ree-uh — from the Greek argyro, (silver), referring to the leaf margin color
¿ oh-syr-EN-sis ? — ¿ of or from Syria ? … Help needed to know the meaning
im-brih-KAY-tuh — shingled, overlapping … Dave’s Botanary

Oct 15, 2011 … at Halabhavi near Belgaum, Karnataka
commonly known as: shingled silverweed • Kannada: ಬೂದನ ಬಳ್ಳ budana balli • Marathi: बोंडवेल bondvel, लहान गायरी lahan gayari • Telugu: ¿ ఎర్రకూత ? errakuta … Telugu-knowing friends, please validate
Native to: s India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indo-China
References: Flowers of India • Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar • ENVIS – FRLHT
more views:Oct 15, 2011 … at Halabhavi near Belgaum, Karnataka

You asked
“¿ oh-syr-EN-sis ? — ¿ of or from Syria ? … Help needed to know the meaning“
I am not certain but perhaps :
osyr from Greek osyris
Osyris is a genus of plants in the Family Santalacea – many known as Sandalwoods.
Perhaps some relation to Sandalwoods in some way…(?)

Oh! … the suffix ‘-ensis’ normally suggests ‘of belonging to some place’.
I had not thought of Osyris genus; again in which case, it would have been osyrioides …. but these are just my thoughts, not certain about it.
Hoping some friend would give us clear idea.

You mentioned :
” Oh! … the suffix ‘-ensis’ normally suggests ‘of belonging to some place’.
I had not thought of Osyris genus; again in which case, it would have been osyrioides .”
Yes, I am aware of the suffix denotations , but ‘taxonomists’ don’t always name correctly and often connotational meanings may apply…e.g., where the Sandalwoods grow in the taxonomists view…
I was thinking outside the ‘box’ for answers…
I hope someone can provide an answer which is clearer to your working perspective..

ar-GY-ree-uh — from the Greek argyro, (silver), referring to the leaf margin color … Dave’s Botanary
¿ oh-syr-EN-sis ? — of or from which place ? … elusive epithet; need to know the etymologycommonly known as: shingled silverweed • Kannada: ಬೂದನ ಬಳ್ಳ budana balli, ಜಾಜುಗಾರನ ಹಂಬು jaajugaarana hambu, ಉಗನಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ ugani balli • Marathi: बोंडवेल bondvel, लहान गायरी lahan gayari • Telugu: ఎర్రకూత errakuta

botanical names: Argyreia osyrensis (Roth) Choisy … synonyms: Argyreia aggregata (Roxb.) Arn. ex Choisy • Argyreia imbricata (Roth) Santapau & Patel • Convolvulus imbricatus (Roth) Spreng. • Lettsomia aggregata var. osyrensis (Roth) C.B.Clarke • Mouroucoa imbricata (Roth) Kuntze … and many more at POWO

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
shingled silverweed
  • The epithet imbricata refers to shingled, or overlapping … Dave’s Botanary
    silverweed is any of various convolvulaceous shrubs of the genus Argyreia
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಬೂದನ ಬಳ್ಳ budana balli
  • A Kannada-English Dictionary by Reverend Ferdinand Kittel (1832–1903)
ಜಾಜುಗಾರನ ಹಂಬು jaajugaarana hambu
  • for synonym Argyreia aggregata (Roxb.) Arn. ex Choisy … ENVIS – FRLHT
ಉಗನಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ ugani balli
  • for synonym Argyreia aggregata (Roxb.) Arn. ex Choisy … ENVIS – FRLHT
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
बोंडवेल bondvel
  • Encyclopaedia of world medicinal plants, Volume 1 By T. Pullaiah
  • this name shared with:
    Argyreia elliptica (Roth) Choisy … A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas)
  • This name is apt for Argyreia elliptica (Roth) Choisy
लहान गायरी lahan gayari
  • Further Flowers of Sahyadri, a field guide to flowers of north Western Ghats of India by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
ఎర్రకూత errakuta
  • Thanks to A Lalithamba for help with this name … efloraofindia
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Names compiled / updated at dineshvalke.blogspot

Found etymology of the elusive epithet – osyrensis. … of or from Odisha, formerly Orissa, a state of India … IPNI.

Many thanks to Pisum, for responding to my query in iNatForum.

ar-GY-ree-uh — from the Greek argyro, (silver), referring to the leaf margin color … Dave’s Botanary

¿ oh-syr-EN-sis ? — of or from Odisha, formerly Orissa, a state of India … IPNI

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Convolvulaceae week: RVS5: Argyreia ocyrensis:
Argyreia ocyrensis, from Sirumalai hills…

Please read the species name as A. osyrensis. Sorry for the typo.

The tomentose nature of the argyreia can be perceived here.

The plant characteristics correspond to Argyreia osyrensis photos that I have been sent from Thailand.

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[EfloraIndia_231212PD01_Argyreia osyrensis_Flora of Odisha]:
please find the images of Argyreia osyrensis from Odisha

Name of the species: Argyreia osyrensis
Family: Convolvulaceae
Place of collection: Ranpur, Nayagarh, Odisha
Habit: Climber
Habitat: All type of forests
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Convolvulaceae Week:: Argyreia imbricata at Belgaum region.:

Bot. name: Argyreia imbricata

Family: Convolvulaceae

Location: near Vantamuri, Belgaum region..

Habitat: Wild

Plant habit: Climber.
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Argyreia imbricata (Roth) Sant. & Patel

Family- Convolvulaceae
On the way to Belgaum to Kolhapur, Nov. 2011.
A handsome twiner of Convolvulaceae.

Fantastic Capture, …
Argyreia imbricata (Roth) Sant. & Patel is a Valid name in Fl of Maharastra (IIIB: 309), which considers Lettsomia aggregata Roxb. as its synonym. But neither The Plant List (http://www.theplantlist.org/), nor Tropicos (http://www.tropicos.org/Home.aspx) mention the name Argyreia imbricata . But they mention Lettsomia aggregata Roxb. as a synonym for Argyreia osyrensis var. osyrensis.
Now WHAT name we assign as a valid name for the plant you shared ?

please check Argyreia osyrensis. I have posted this under the link. 

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Please help in validating the name errakuta of Argyreia imbricata … listed at ENVIS – FRLHT as ఎర్రకూత
literal meaning:
ఎర్ర erra = red; కూత kuta = conchshell

… you are correct, but kuta have many meanings, kuta is calling by making sound without words.
Shall I help you in Telugu names in https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species, it needs some additions/ corrections.
barleria-prionitis it is called as Mulla gorinta not gorinta, 

Here are some antrinta pulu, arithilai poruthi it is Tamil name, ENVIS recorded wrongly, because in border  areas with Tamilnadu people mix  Tamil also, hence misappropriation,

 అంత్రింత పూలు, 

Blepharis integrifolia var. integrifolia: బంక తుత్తుర,nela parikalu నేలపరికలు  

Rhynchostylis retusa chintaranam చింతరణం ; 

Dendrolobium triangulare (Retz.) Schindlచిట్టెంత 

Kandelia candel (L.) Druce కందిగల , thuvarkandan తువరకందం 

Carallia brachiata (Lour.) Merr.గిజరు చెట్టు ,కారళ్ళి , కారవల్లి since the fruit is red and looks like ripe pepper it is called kara means hot, valli means chettu, its abbreviated local name karalli.

Homalium ceylanicumమంత్రాలముక్కి , 

Salacia chinensis L- nerani నేరాణి 

Melastoma malabathricum L. ssp. malabathricum L. nakka nalupu, neeti dhaanimma, pathudu chettuనక్కనలుపు, నీటి దానిమ్మ, పాతుడుచెట్టు 

Vurudaఉరడ/ ఉరుడు  

Lots and lots of thanks … !!! Great help. I will soon update my notes.

here are some more additions/ corrections the local names are collected from the local tribes /people or local ayurvedic physicians in our field visits. I will go through all the names and make some notes for your use. Acanthus ilicifolius is known as అలస్య కంప Alisiఅలిసి

Nymphaea nouchali known as Alli taamara, neeli kaluva అల్లితామర,నీలి కలువ(Tel.).

Pouzolzia zeylanica (L.) BennUchagaddaఉచ్చగడ్డ (Tel.)

Pupalia lappacea ( L.) A.Juss. is also known as Antreetha, adavi vuttareniఅడవి ఉత్తరేణి;అంత్రీత (Tel.).

Ceropegia hirsuta Wight & Arn.ఎర్రగడ్డ ? erragadda, 

in Nellore, prakasham districts of A.P onions are called as erra gadda, where as in other districts onion is known as vulli ఉల్లి /  ఉల్లిపాయలు / ఉల్లి గడ్డలు 

Immense thanks … This is great help. Will revise notes soon.

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There has been confusion with regard to postings in efi at Argyreia osyrensis
– images of both the species posted under it look similar to me.
However, Catalogue of Life treats them as different as are other sites as below:

References for Argyreia osyrensis (Roth) Choisy :

References for Argyreia imbricata Santapau & V.Patel:

 

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References for Argyreia osyrensis (Roth) Choisy :
Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  Tropicos  IPNI  Flora of China
FOC illustration  India Biodiversity Portal  Kerala plants  convolvulaceae unlimited
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