Gymnostachyum polyanthum Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1494 1849. (syn: Cryptophragmium polyanthum Kuntze); . jim-no-STAY-kee-um — Greek: gymnos (naked), stachyum (flower spikes) … Dave’s Botanary pol-ee-ANTH-um — many flowers … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: many-flowered gymnostachyum Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/05/gymnostachyum-polyanthum-wight.html . Scapigerous herbs; stem very short, puberulous. Leaves elliptic-ovate, 4-12 by 2-5.5 cm, base sublyrate, decurrent, margin subentire, apex subacute, non lineolate, chartaceous; petiole c.3 cm long, scape to 25 cm long, sharply 4-angled (4-winged). Cymes condensed, forming false raceme; corolla pale purple. Capsule oblong, cylindric, c. 2 cm long. Seeds c. 14, punctate. Flowering and fruiting: April-July Evergreen forests India and Sri Lanka (Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal) .
ANNOV43/43 Gymnostachyum polyanthum Wight : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (8) Family: Acanthaceae . Names of Plants in India :: Gymnostachyum polyanthum Wight: 1 image. Gymnostachyum polyanthum Wight jim-no-STAY-kee-um — Greek: gymnos (naked), stachyum (flower spikes) … Dave’s Botanary pol-ee-ANTH-um — many flowers … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: many-flowered gymnostachyum botanical names: Gymnostachyum polyanthum Wight … heterotypic synonyms: Cryptophragmium polyanthum Kuntze … POWO, retrieved 03 May 2025 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 many-flowered gymnostachyum
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ *Karnataka, *Kerala; endemic
* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state ~~~~~ Created on: 11:52 03-05-2025 ¦ Last updated: 11:00 04-05-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/05/gymnostachyum-polyanthum-wight.html
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Gymnostachyum polyanthum
Updated on May 12, 2025