Eriocaulon heterolepis Steudel

 
  • Family : ERIOCAULACEAE
    (Pipewort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ERIOCAULON FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Eriocaulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Eriocaulon dianae Fyson; Eriocaulon dianae var. longibracteatum Fyson; Eriocaulon heterolepis var. nigricans Körn.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eriocaulon heterolepis Steud.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Paddy fields and marshy areas in plains
  • Comments / notes : Submerged except head of the peduncle
  • Flower, Fruit : June-January
  • Collection Nos : HFP 1311, CJS 12300
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Raichur district, Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Shivamogga district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district
    • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Bhandara district, Chandrapur district, Kolhapur district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Satara district, Thane district, Yavatmal district
    • Odisha : Sambalpur district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
  • Native : India, Jawa
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Jawa
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons
    • Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eriocaulon heterolepis. Downloaded on 8 October 2024.

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