Zeylanidium olivaceum (Gardner) Engl.

 
  • Family : PODOSTEMACEAE
    (RIVERWEED FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Podostemaceae
  • Species : Zeylanidium olivaceum
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Zeylanidium olivaceum (Gardner) Engl.
  • Key identification features : Aquatic herbs attached to rocks in rapid flowing streams and rivers. Thallus is highly varied: crustaceous and/or pinnately branched thallus. Thalloid growth 50-80 cm long. Flowers apetalous, greenish, dimerous. Capsules 8-ribbed, anisolobous.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : October-February
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Occasional on hills above 900 m, on the floor of streams on rocks in running water.
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Distribution Locality : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State)
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Literature : IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Zeylanidium olivaceum. Downloaded on 27 June 2024.

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