Lecanthus peduncularis (Royle) Wedd.

 
  • Family : URTICACEAE
    (Nettle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Procris peduncularis Royle
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lecanthus peduncularis (Royle) Wedd.
  • Common name : Stalked Dischead
  • Vernacular name :
    • Gakaleti, Ganthe golia, Goliko (Nepali)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Shola
  • Comments / notes : Rare on mossy rocks in moist and shaded places
  • Flower, Fruit : July-December
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kozhikode district
    • Maharashtra : Satara district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Bargarh district, Koraput district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bhutan, Cameroon, China, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gulf of Guinea Islands, India, Japan, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malawi, Myanmar, Nepal, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tibet, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Uganda, Vietnam, Zaïre
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bhutan, Cameroon, China, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gulf of Guinea Islands, India, Japan, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malawi, Myanmar, Nepal, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tibet, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Uganda, Vietnam, Zaïre
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 367
    • Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 2. Published BSI: 651
    • Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 261
    • Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 417
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lecanthus peduncularis. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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