• Family : ASTERACEAE
  (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : COMPOSITAE
• Synonym(s) : Glossogyne pinnatifida DC.; Glossogyne pinnatifida DC. ex Wight
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Glossocardia bidens (Retz.) Veldkamp
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : October-May
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district
  • Odisha : Koraput district, Ganjam district, Gajapati district, Angul district, Kalhandi district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, The Nilgiri district, Tiruvallur district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Benin, Philippines, Polynesia, New Caledonia, Australia, Nepal
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 2.
• 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=Glossogyne bidens. Downloaded on 31 January 2025.

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