Glochidion tirupathiense Rasingam, Chorghe, Prasanna & Sankara Rao

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Phyllanthaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Glochidion heyneanum var. tirupathiense (Rasingam, Chorghe, Prasanna & Sankara Rao) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments / notes : Rare along stream banks in Tropical moist deciduous forests at about 1000m altitude.
  • Key identification features : Small evergreen spreading tree up to 4 m height. Is allied to Glochidion ellipticum Wight, differing in the urn-shaped ovary with unlobed columnar style, style as broad as ovary from the base and capsules deeply lobed with each lobes further bilobulate.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-November
  • Collector(s) Name : K. Samkara Rao, Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh
  • Collection Date : 26-11-2014
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0204
  • Collection Locality : Way to Akasaganga, Chittoor district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Andhra Pradesh
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Data Deficient (DD)
  • Literature :
    • L. Rasingam, Alok R. Chorghe, P.V. Prasanna and M. Sankara Rao (2014). 'Glochidion tirupathiense (Phyllanthaceae) ─ A New Species from Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve of Andhra Pradesh, India'. Taiwania 59(1): 9.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Glochidion tirupathiense. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

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