• Family : PODOSTEMACEAE
  (River Weed Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PODOSTEMON FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : PODOSTEMACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Griffithella hookeriana (Tul.) Warm.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cladopus hookeriana (Tul.) C.Cusset
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : On submerged rocks in swift streams or running streams
• Flower, Fruit : November-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Pamuleru, Maredumilli (East Godavari district)
  • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
• Endemism : Western Ghats
• World Distribution : India
• Literature : Pullaiah, T. & Karuppusamy, S., 2008. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 5.; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
• 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=Cladopus hookeriana. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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