Canscora sanjappae Diwakar & R.Kr.Singh

 
  • Family : GENTIANACEAE
    (Gentian Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BHUIN NEEM FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : GENTIANACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Canscora sanjappae Diwakar & R.Kr.Singh
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
  • Comments / notes : Wet rocky boulders and shaded clifts on waysides of forests
  • Key identification features : Apically branched stems with compound dichasial cymes
  • Flower, Fruit : October-January
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Mukambika WLS, Udupi district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Karnataka
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature : Diwakar & R. Kr. Singh (2009). Canscora sanjappae (Gentianaceae) - A new species from Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka, India. India Journal of Forestry. 32(2):337-342.
  • 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=Canscora sanjappae. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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