Drymaria diandra Blume

 
  • Family : CARYOPHYLLACEAE
    (Pink Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BUGYALE FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Caryophyllaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Drymaria cordata subsp. diandra (Blume) J.A.Duke; Drymaria cordata sensu Edgew. & Hook.f. (FBI)
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Drymaria cordata subsp. diandra (Blume) J.A.Duke
  • Common name : Pipili
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Introduced. Gregarious weed of all areas
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Collector(s) Name : R. Raghavendra Rao; CS Saldanha, S.R. Ramesh, Syed Maqsood Ahamed; C. Townsend, T.P. Rama Murthy
  • Collection Date : 04-10-1970, 17-04-1978, 24-01-1973
  • Collection Nos : R.R. Rao; KFP 796; 133
  • Collection Locality : B.R. Hills, Chamarajanagar district (KA); Charmudi Ghats, Dakshina Kannada district (KA); Belithala, Nilgiris
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Araku Valley (Vishakapatnam district)
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Bengaluru district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Rayagada district, Sundergarh district, Kalhandi district, Angul district, Keonjhar district
    • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • World Distribution : India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Indo-China, Malaysia, Australia, Africa
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished)
    • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
    • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Drymaria diandra. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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