Achyranthes coynei Santapau, Kew Bull. 3: 488 1948 publ. 1949. (Unresolved); .
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Achyranthes coynei Santapau ak-ky-RAN-thees — from the Greek words: achyr (chaff) and anthos (flower) … Dave’s Botanary COIN-ee-eye — probably named for Fr. Aloysius M. Coyne, Principal of St. Xavier College commonly known as: Coyne’s chaff-flower • Marathi: लाल अघाडा lal aghada Endemic to: north Western Ghats (India) References: Flowers of India • Floristic Survey of Institute of Science • Sahyadri Database at Koraigad on 15 OCT 10 Crisp and clear pics
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: PKA10 : Achyranthes coynei: It a small annual herb from “Amaranthaceae” family. Local name: Lal Aghada Sc. Name: Achyranthes coynei. Nice Snap … Another North Western Ghats Endemic which was described from Khandala by Father Santapau.
Here is an interesting Paper with more details of its characters and distribution Perhaps you forgot to mention the place. You may do it to prevent it being confused with pink flowering form of A. bidentata in Western Himalayas
[efloraofindia:106426] Is it Achranthes coynei : Attachments (4). 5 posts by 4 authors. may be this can help. I think it is Achyranthes coynei Santapau of Amaranthaceae family. pls give full information about the pic.. Achyranthes coynei has big flowering spike and leave margin purple,, though the picture here may be A. coynei Yes I agree with …
TSP-DEC2015-32-205:Images of Achyranthes aspera (Amaranthaceae) : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (7) It is my pleasure to share few images of Achyranthes aspera (Amaranthaceae) Habit: Herb Habitat: Waste lands Sighting: Chikmagalur and Tumkur about 1000 msl and 800 msl respectively Date: 28-10-2014, 02-11-2014 and 14-10-2015 nice close ups I uploaded these images in Indian Flora group of Facebook recently. … says that it is Achyranthes coynei and has provided a link containing relevant literature that I am attaching here. Kindly examine. http://threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2011/June/o268526vi111875-1879.pdf Yes Achyranthes coynei . Names of Plants in India :: Achyranthes coynei Santapau: Achyranthes coynei Santapau ak-ky-RAN-thees — Greek: achyr (chaff); anthos (flower) … Dave’s Botanary COIN-ee-eye — probably named for Fr. Aloysius M. Coyne, Principal of St. Xavier College commonly known as: pink chaff flower, south Indian chaff flower • Kachchhi: લાલ આઘાડો lal aghado • Kannada: ಕೆಂಪು ಉತ್ತರಾಣಿ kempu uttarani • Marathi: लाल अघाडा lal aghada • Tamil: சிவப்பு அபாமார்க்கம் civappu apamarkkam botanical names: Achyranthes coynei Santapau … synonyms: no known synonym … POWO, retrieved 18 October 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 pink chaff flower, south Indian chaff flower
~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~ written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) … spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat લાલ આઘાડો lal aghado
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka ಕೆಂಪು ಉತ್ತರಾಣಿ kempu uttarani
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka लाल अघाडा lal aghada
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands சிவப்பு அபாமார்க்கம் civappu apamarkkam
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu; endemic
~~~~~ Created on: 16:38 18-10-2025 ¦ Last updated: 18:39 18-10-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/10/achyranthes-coynei-santapau.html . References: |
Achyranthes coynei
Updated on November 6, 2025