Eriocaulon luzulifolium Mart.

 
  • Family : ERIOCAULACEAE
    (Pipewort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ERIOCAULON FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Eriocaulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Eriocaulon kathmanduense Satake; Eriocaulon lepidum T.Koyama; Eriocaulon papuanum P.Royen; Eriocaulon pseudonepalense Satake; Eriocaulon pumilio Hook.f.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eriocaulon nepalense var. luzulifolium (Mart.) Praj. & J.Parn.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy areas
  • Comments / notes : rare
  • Key identification features : Annual, acaulis herbs; Leaves in clusters, linear-Ianceolate; Flowers in subglobose heads; peduncles many; Receptacle villous; petals glandular hairy; anthers black; Seeds brown.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-March
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district
    • Kerala : Idukki district
    • Maharashtra : Amravati district, Kolhapur district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Nanded district, Osmanabad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal, New Guinea, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal, New Guinea, Thailand
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Hook.f. 1893. Fl. Brit. India vol 6: 582.
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Pullaiah, T., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 3.
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons.
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 248
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 244-245
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eriocaulon luzulifolium. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.

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