Rhynchoglossum notonianum (Wall.) Burtt

 
  • Family : GESNERIACEAE
    (Gesneria Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : CHARELA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Gesneriaceae
  • Basionym : Wulfenia notoniana Wall.
  • Synonym(s) : Glossanthus malabaricus Klein ex Benth.; Klugia glabra Gardner; Klugia notoniana (Wall.) A.DC.; Klugia scabra Dalzell; Rhynchoglossum scabrum Dalzell
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rhynchoglossum notonianum (Wall.) B.L.Burtt
  • Common name : East Indian Klugia
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Moist shady areas in evergreen and Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : A succulent annual herb
  • Flower, Fruit : July-December
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy & Noel Sebastian
  • Collection Date : 21-11-2018; 23-11-2018
  • Collection Nos : CJS 14792, CJS 14640; HJCB-1709; HJCB-1761
  • Collection Locality : Peruvanthanam and Devikulam, Idukki district, Kerala
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Uttarakhand : Dehradun district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Herbarium specimen from Peruvananthanam, Idukki, Kerala
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rhynchoglossum notonianum. Downloaded on 13 June 2024.

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