Koenigia islandica L.

 
  • Family : POLYGONACEAE
    (Buckwheat Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JANGLI PALAK FAMILY (जंगली पालक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygonaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Koenigia fuegiana Dusén; Koenigia hadacii Á.Löve & D.Löve; Koenigia monandra Decne.; Macounastrum islandicum (L.) Small; Polygonum islandicum (L.) Hook.f.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Koenigia islandica L.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Moist stony ground on mountainsides; 3900 - 4575 m. altitude
  • Flower, Fruit : May-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Native : Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Argentina South, British Columbia, Buryatiya, Chile, China, Chita, Colorado, East Himalaya, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Greenland, India, Iceland, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Subarctic to West Central U.S.A., South Chile to South Argentina
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 207
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 158
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Koenigia islandica. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

India Distribution

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