Dopatrium junceum (Roxb.) Ham. ex Benth.

 
  • Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
    (Figwort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Plantaginaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Gratiola juncea Roxb.; Morgania juncea (Roxb.) Spreng.; Cyrtandra aristata Blanco; Didymocarpus aristatus (Blanco) Fern.-Vill.; Ilyogeton sphaerocarpus (Hassk.) Hassk.; Pyxidaria sphaerocarpa (Hassk.) Kuntze; Vandellia sphaerocarpa (Hassk.) Benth.; Vriesea sphaerocarpa Hassk.; Dopatrium aristatum (Blanco) Hassk.; Dopatrium japonicum Franch. & Sav.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dopatrium junceum (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth.
  • Common name : Rushlike Dopatrium
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy places, near ponds, rice fields and riverbeds
  • Comments / notes : On hills from 1400m. Locally abundant in perennially moist places, especially by banks of post monsoon puddles.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-March
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, Chittoor district, CGP, West Godavari district
    • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Kalhandi district
    • Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Tiruchirapalli district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang, Subansiri
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Afghanistan, Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, China, Bhutan, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Norther
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Eastern tropics
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 210
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dopatrium junceum. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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