Amischophacelus cucullata (Roth) R.S.Rao & Kammathy

 
  • Family : COMMELINACEAE
    (Spiderwort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KANA FAMILY (काना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : COMMELINACEAE
  • Basionym : Tradescantia cucullata Roth
  • Synonym(s) : Tonningia cucullata (Roth) Kuntze; Cyanotis cucullata (Roth) Kunth
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cyanotis cucullata (Roth) Kunth
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy areas
  • Comments / notes : On wet river beds and cultivated fields
  • Flower, Fruit : July-January
  • Collector(s) Name : C.J.Saldanha
  • Collection Nos : CJS 11935
  • Collection Locality : Arsikere (Hassan)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Ballari district, Chitradurga district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Tumakuru district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Mysuru district
    • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : South India
  • World Distribution : India, Myanmar, Vietnam and introduced in Caribbean islands
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District, N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
  • 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=Amischophacelus cucullata. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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