Commelina clavatoides Nampy & S.M.Joseph

 
  • Family : COMMELINACEAE
    (Spiderwort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KANA FAMILY (काना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : COMMELINACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Not found in Plant list
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Along the margins of wet Evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Upper half of the spathe is dark green and the lower pale green
  • Flower, Fruit : September-November
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Idukki district, Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Kerala
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature : Sheba M. Joseph, A. Anna Ancy Antony & S. Nampy (2012). Commelina clavatoides (Commelinaceae), A new species from Kerala, India. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 6(1): 119-122; 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=Commelina clavatoides. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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