Murdannia brownii Nandikar & Gurav

 
  • 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) : Murdannia brownii Nandikar & Gurav
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : High altitude lateritic plateus
  • Comments / notes : Flowers open between 10 am–12 noon.
  • Key identification features : Petals rosy red to flesh-coloured, shape obovate
  • Flower, Fruit : September-November
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Kolhapur district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Northern Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature : M. Nandikar & R.V. Gurav (2011). A new species of Murdannia Royle (Commelinaceae) from Northern Western Ghats of India. Taiwania 56(3): 227-230.
  • 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=Murdannia brownii. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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