Streptolirion volubile Edgew.

 
  • Family : COMMELINACEAE
    (Spiderwort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KANA FAMILY (काना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Commelinaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Streptolirion duclouxii H.Lév. & Vaniot; Streptolirion mairei H.Lév.; Streptolirion volubile subsp. subalpinum C.Y.Wu
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Streptolirion volubile Edgew.
  • Common name : Climbing Twisted-Lily
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Mountain slopes, subalpine areas; 1500 - 3200 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Mostly climbing, rarely erect herb
  • Key identification features : Stems usually very long and climbing, to 6 m, sometimes erect or suberect, not climbing, 12--50 cm; stems and leaves mostly glabrous, rarely stems villous with brown, multicellular hairs or petioles yellowish hirsute
  • Flower, Fruit : July-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bhutan, China, India, Inner Mongolia, Korea, Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nepal, Primorye, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bhutan, China, India, Inner Mongolia, Korea, Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nepal, Primorye, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 243
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 219
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Streptolirion volubile. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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