- Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : APOCYNACEAE
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ceropegia anantii S.R.Yadav, Sardesai & S.P.Gaikwad
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Lateritic plateau
- Comments / notes : Rare
- Key identification features : Black colour spots on tip of corolla tube
- Distribution :
- Maharashtra : Sindhudurg district
- Native : India
- World Distribution : India
- Conservation Status : Critically Endangered (CR)
- Literature : S.S. Kambale & S.R. Yadav (2019) Taxonomic revision of Ceropegia
(Apocynaceae: Ceropegieae) in India. Rheedea Vol. 29(1): 01–115.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ceropegia anantii. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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Ceropegia decaisneana Wight
- Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : APOCYNACEAE
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ceropegia decaisneana Wight
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Morphologically varient
- Key identification features : Corolla brown dotted, leaves ovate-oblong
- Flower, Fruit : October-December
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Sringeshwara & Noel Sebastian
- Collection Date : 30-10-2018
- Collection Nos : HJCB-1514
- Collection Locality : Thollayiram forest, Wayanad district, Kerala
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Wayanad district
- Endemism : Western Ghats
- World Distribution : India
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : Herbarium specimen
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ceropegia decaisneana. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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Ceropegia rollae Hemadri
- Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : APOCYNACEAE
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ceropegia rollae Hemadri
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Grass lands and moist places
- Comments / notes : Rare. Grasslands
- Key identification features : Erect herb, cordate leaf
- Flower, Fruit : August-September
- Distribution :
- Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district
- Native : India
- Endemism : Maharashtra
- World Distribution : India
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : S.S. Kambale & S.R. Yadav (2019) Taxonomic revision of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae: Ceropegieae) in India. Rheedea Vol. 29(1): 01–115.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ceropegia rollae. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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Ceropegia sahyadrica Ansari & B.G.P.Kulk.
- Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : APOCYNACEAE
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ceropegia sahyadrica Ansari & B.G.P.Kulk.
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Grass lands and moist places
- Comments / notes : Rare. Grasslands
- Key identification features : Erect herb, cordate leaf
- Flower, Fruit : August-September
- Distribution :
- Maharashtra : Pune district, Satara district, Ahmednagar district
- Native : India
- Endemism : Maharashtra
- World Distribution : India
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : S.S. Kambale & S.R. Yadav (2019) Taxonomic revision of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae: Ceropegieae) in India. Rheedea Vol. 29(1): 01–115.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ceropegia sahyadrica. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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Chassalia curviflora var. curviflora
- Family : RUBIACEAE
(Madder Or Coffee Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : RUBIACEAE
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Chassalia curviflora var. curviflora
- Habit : Herb
- Flower, Fruit : April-June
- Collection Locality : From Coorg gate to Makuta, Kodagu district (Photograph)
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : Based on Photograph by Raja K. Swamy
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Chassalia curviflora var. curviflora. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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Chionanthus mala-elengi subsp. mala-elengi
- Family : OLEACEAE
(Olive Or Jasmine Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : MOGRA FAMILY (मोगरा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : OLEACEAE
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Chionanthus mala-elengi subsp. mala-elengi
- Habit : Tree
- Collection Locality : From Coorg gate to Makuta, Kodagu district (Photograph)
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
- Kerala : Wayanad district
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Chionanthus mala-elengi subsp. mala-elengi. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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Crotalaria stipitata Wight & Arn.
- Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Synonym(s) : Crotalaria laevigata auct. non Lam. FBI and FPM Gamble
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Crotalaria stipitata Wight & Arn.
- Habit : Undershrub
- Key identification features : Small erect undershrub; flowers yellow; leaves obcordte, glabrous
- Collector(s) Name : S.R. Ramesh & S.B. Manohar; Raja K. Swamy, Sringeshwara & Noel Sebastian
- Collection Date : 25/10/1978; 31-10-2018
- Collection Nos : KFP 3872; HJCB-1526
- Collection Locality : B.R. Hills, Chamarajanagar district (KA); Thollayiram kandi forest, Wayanad district, Kerala
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Wayanad district
- Literature : Herbarium specimen (conformed from type specimens and Protologue)
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Crotalaria stipitata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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Eriocaulon maharashtrense Punekar & Lakshmin.
- Family : ERIOCAULACEAE
(Pipewort Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ERIOCAULON FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : ERIOCAULACEAE
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Eriocaulon maharashtrense Punekar & Lakshmin.
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Moist deciduous
- Flower, Fruit : September-December
- Distribution :
- Maharashtra : Pune district, Ahmednagar district
- Literature : Punekar & Lakshmin (2003) Rheedea 13: 24.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eriocaulon maharashtrense. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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Etlingera labellosa (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm.
- Family : ZINGIBERACEAE
(Ginger Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : HALDI FAMILY (हल्दी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : ZINGIBERACEAE
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Etlingera labellosa (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm.
- Habit : Herb
- Flower, Fruit : July
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district (GKVK, Campus)
- Literature : Photo
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Etlingera labellosa. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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Gymnosporia wightiana (Babu) R.S.Rao
- Family : CELASTRACEAE
(Staff-Tree Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : MALKANGANI FAMILY (मालकांगनी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : CELASTRACEAE
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Gymnosporia wightiana (Babu) R.S.Rao
- Habit : Shrub
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district (FRLHT campus)
- Literature : Photo
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Gymnosporia wightiana. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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Janakia arayalpathra J. Joseph & Chandras.
- Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : APOCYNACEAE
- Basionym : Decalepis arayalpathra (J.Joseph & V.Chandras.) Venter
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Janakia arayalpathra J. Joseph & Chandras.
- Habit : Climber
- Flower, Fruit : April-May
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district (FRLHT Campus)
- Literature : Photo
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Janakia arayalpathra. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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Lobelia leschenaultiana (C.Presl) Skottsb.
- Family : CAMPANULACEAE
(Bellflower Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : DHAWAL FAMILY (धवल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : CAMPANULACEAE
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Lobelia leschenaultiana (C.Presl) Skottsb.
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : Shola forest
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collection Locality : Photos
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
- Tamil Nadu : TNGL
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
- Literature : Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lobelia leschenaultiana. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.
- Family : CACTACEAE
(Cactus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : NAG PHANI FAMILY / CACTUS FAMILY (नागफणी फैमिली / कैक्टस फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : CACTACEAE
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Deciduous forests
- Flower, Fruit : May-June
- Distribution :
- Maharashtra : Pune district
- Literature : Photo
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Opuntia humifusa. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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Strongylodon macrobotrys A.Gray
- Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Strongylodon macrobotrys A.Gray
- Habit : Climber
- Comments / notes : Cultivated
- Flower, Fruit : October-November
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district
- Literature : Photo
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Strongylodon macrobotrys. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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