Dalzellia ceylanica (Gardner) Wight

 
  • Family : PODOSTEMACEAE
    (River Weed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PODOSTEMON FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Podostemaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Dalzellia ceylanica var. konkanica (Willis) Janard.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dalzellia ceylanica (Gardner) Wight
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : On rocks in slow flowing rivers
  • Comments / notes : Found growing submerged in fast flowing rivers (Rheophyte)
  • Key identification features : Small lichen like or moss like herb with branched thalloid stems; adpressed to the rocks
  • Flower, Fruit : January-February
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Hassan district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Thrissur district
    • Odisha : Angul district
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • Flora of Karnataka Vol. 2
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dalzellia ceylanica. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

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