- Family : COMMELINACEAE
(Spiderwort Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KANA FAMILY (काना फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Commelinaceae
- Synonym(s) : Aneilema asperum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Aneilema cymosum (Blume) Kunth; Aneilema densiflorum (Blume) Kunth; Aneilema hispidum D.Don; Commelina cymosa Blume; Commelina densiflora Blume; Commelina hamiltonii Spreng.; Commelina hispida (D.Don) Ham. ex Spreng.; Dithyrocarpus meyenianus Kunth; Dithyrocarpus paniculatus (Roxb.) Kunth; Dithyrocarpus petiolatus Wight; Dithyrocarpus rothii Wight; Dithyrocarpus rufus (C.Presl) Kunth; Dithyrocarpus undulatus Wight; Floscopa hamiltonii (Spreng.) Hassk.; Floscopa meyeniana (Kunth) Hassk.; Floscopa paniculata (Roxb.) Hassk.; Floscopa petiolata (Wight) Hassk.; Floscopa rufa (C.Presl) Hassk.; Floscopa scandens var. vaginivillosa R.H.Miau; Floscopa undulata (Wight) Hassk.; Lamprodithyros paniculatus (Roxb.) Hassk.; Tradescantia geniculata Blanco; Tradescantia paniculata Roxb.; Tradescantia paniculata B.Heyne ex Roth; Tradescantia rufa C.Presl
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Floscopa scandens Lour.
- Vernacular name :
- Konda-amadilikada (Telugu)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Marshy areas
- Comments / notes : Frequent in damp places or sometimes sub aquatic
- Flower, Fruit : January-October
- Collector(s) Name : S.S.Hooper, K.N.Gandhi
- Collection Date : 12/11/1971
- Collection Nos : HFP 2461
- Collection Locality : Kenchankumri, Hassan district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district , Krishna district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Prakasam district, Guntur district
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Satara district, Sindhudurg district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Dhenkanal district, Keonjhar district
- Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills, Kalrayan Hills, Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Chitteri Hills, Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills, Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- Henry, Chithra & Balakrishnan (1989). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 3
- Pullaiah, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 3. pp. 1007
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 215
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Floscopa scandens. Downloaded on 28 September 2024.
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