Rungia longifolia subsp. latior (Nees) L.H.Cramer

 
  • Family : ACANTHACEAE
    (Acanthus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
  • Basionym : Diapedium latius var. sinuatocrenatum Kuntze; Rungia blumeana var. hirsuta Valeton; Rungia latior var. hirsuta (Valeton) Hochr.; Rungia latior var. latior; Rungia longifolia T.Anderson; Rungia longifolia var. latifolia Wight ex C.B.Clarke; Diapedium latiu
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rungia latior Nees
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests and grasslands
  • Key identification features : Herbs, scabrous-pubescent; Leaves ovate or broadly lanceolate, cuneate at both ends, petiolate; Inflorescence ovoid or oblong, dense, often clustered spike; Flowers bluish or white, small; Capsules ovoid or oblong, shortly stalked, 4-seeded; Seeds orbicular, compressed.
  • Flower, Fruit : January-April
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Malappuram district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, The Nilgiri district, Theni district, Tirunelveli district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamilnadu, India vol. 2.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 251
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rungia longifolia subsp. latior. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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