• Family : APIACEAE
  (Carrot Or Coriander Or Parsley Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SAUNF FAMILY (सौंफ फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : APIACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Bupleurum wightii P.K.Mukh.; Bupleurum ramosissimum Wight & Arn.; Bupleurum wightii var. ramosissimum (Wight & Arn.) Chandrab
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Bupleurum ramosissimum Wight & Arn.
• Vernacular name : Kattuseeragam (Tamil)
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Grasslands
• Flower, Fruit : September-March
• Collector(s) Name : R.Raghavendra Rao
• Collection Nos : R.R.Rao 1628
• Collection Locality : B.R.Hills, Chamarajanagar district (KA)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Chamarajanagar district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dharwad district, Mysuru district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Odisha : Common in the hills
  • Tamil Nadu : Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yerkadu (Salem district); Shevaroy Hills (Salem district)
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Gamble 1919. Fl. Mad. Press. Vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore (B. mucronatum)
• 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=Bupleurum mucronatum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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