Ainsliaea latifolia (D.Don) Sch.Bip.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Basionym : Liatris latifolia D.Don
  • Synonym(s) : Ainsliaea heterantha Hand.-Mazz.; Ainsliaea hypoleuca Diels; Ainsliaea latifolia var. ramifera H.Chuang; Ainsliaea latifolia var. taiwanensis S.E.Freire; Ainsliaea petelotii Merr.; Ainsliaea pteropoda DC.; Ainsliaea scabrida Dunn; Ainsliaea silhetensis (DC.) C.B.Clarke; Ainsliaea triflora Druce; Ainsliea latifolia Kuntze; Liatris lobelioides Wall. ex C.B.Clarke; Perdicium triflorum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ainsliaea latifolia (D.Don) Sch.Bip.
  • Habit : Perennial herb
  • Habitat : Valleys with evergreen forest, mossy sites in evergreen forest by streams, open forest, roadsides, very dry open places in full sunlight or some shade; 800-3600 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Cleistogamous generation occurs between October-November.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district,West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Pakistan to South China and Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro)
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 148
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1418
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ainsliaea latifolia. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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