Murdannia loriformis (Hask.) Rolla Rao & Kammathy

 
  • Family : COMMELINACEAE
    (Spiderwort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KANA FAMILY (काना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Commelinaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Aneilema loriforme Hassk.; Aneilema angustifolium N.E.Br.; Aneilema nudiflorum var. rigidior Benth.; Aneilema nudiflorum var. terminale (Wight) C.B.Clarke; Aneilema terminale Wight; Murdannia angustifolia (N.E.Br.) H.Hara; Murdannia malabarica var. terminalis (Wight) Santapau & S.K.Jain
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Murdannia loriformis (Hask.) Rolla Rao & Kammathy
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Grasslands
  • Comments / notes : Undergrowth in forests and grasslands
  • Key identification features : Herbs, glabrous or pubescent; Leaves linear- lanceolate, glabrous or hairy beneath; Flowers violet or pink or purplish-blue; Capsules ellipsoid.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-December
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha, B.Gurudev Singh, Shivaprakash
  • Collection Date : 30/10/1981
  • Collection Nos : KFP 13964
  • Collection Locality : Gauremore estate, Kodagu district
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Kollam district
    • Maharashtra : Kolhapur district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
    • 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.: 216-217
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Murdannia loriformis. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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