Microglossa pyrifolia (Lam.) Kuntze

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Conyza pyrifolia Lam.; Erigeron pyrifolius (Lam.) Benth.; Conyza heudelotii Oliv. & Hiern; Conyza syringifolia Meyen & Walp.; Conyza volubilis Wall.; Frivaldia volubilis (DC.) Zoll. & Moritzi; Microglossa petiolaris DC.; Microglossa volubilis DC.; Pluchea subumbellata Klatt; Psiadia volubilis (DC.) Baill.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Microglossa pyrifolia (Lam.) Kuntze
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Key identification features : Rambling shrubs, with grooved, brown-pubescent branches; Leaves alternate, petioled, elliptic-ovate, acuminate, quite entire or obscurely serrate, glabrous above, finely pubescent beneath; Heads clustered on the branches of corymbs; Involucral bracts, multi-seriate, lanceolate, unequal; outer short, with scariose margins; Florets yellow-whitish; Achenes 4-angled, slightly compressed; pappus reddish, soft, fine, silky.
  • Flower, Fruit : September- March
  • Distribution :
    • Mizoram : Champhai, North Vanlaiphai, Aizawl-Sibutalung
  • Native : Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China, Comoros, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Moza
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China, Comoros, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Literature :
    • Singh, N. P., Singh, K. P., & Singh, D. K. (2002). Flora of Mizoram (Vol. 1). Botanical Survey of India. Pg. : 782
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Microglossa pyrifolia. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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