Eriocaulon nilagirense Steudel

 
  • Family : ERIOCAULACEAE
    (Pipewort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ERIOCAULON FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Eriocaulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Eriocaulon blumei Körn.; Eriocaulon brownianum var. latifolium Moldenke; Eriocaulon brownianum var. nilagirense (Steud.) Fyson; Eriocaulon macrophyllum Ruhland; Eriocaulon nilagirense f. parvifolium Moldenke; Eriocaulon yunnanense Moldenke
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eriocaulon brownianum Mart.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Buttonpoovu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Grasslands
  • Flower, Fruit : September-January
  • Collector(s) Name : B.K.Ranganath
  • Collection Date : 29/12/1973
  • Collection Nos : BKR 39, HFP 995, HFP 1178
  • Collection Locality : Nilgiris
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district
    • Kerala : Idukki district
    • Maharashtra : Satara district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 244
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eriocaulon nilagirense. Downloaded on 2 December 2024.

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