Lepidagathis trinervis Nees

 
  • Family : ACANTHACEAE
    (Acanthus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Lepidagathis trinervis var. asperrima T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lepidagathis trinervis Nees
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Common on road sides, wastelands and hill slopes
  • Key identification features : Herbs, stems stoutly lignescent, branched, nodes short. Leaves mucronate, scabrous
  • Flower, Fruit : August-February
  • Collection Nos : CS 708
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chitradurga district, HAN, Kolar district
    • Maharashtra : Akola district, Prabalmachi, Aurangabad district, Dhule district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Rajasthan : Rajasthan
  • Native : India, Pakistan, Bhutan
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Pakistan to India and Sikkim
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
    • Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.pp.651. Botanical survey of India, Govt. Of India.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lepidagathis trinervis. Downloaded on 18 February 2025.

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