Murdannia spirata (L.) Brueckner

 
  • Family : COMMELINACEAE
    (Spiderwort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KANA FAMILY (काना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Commelinaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Aneilema spiratum (L.) Sweet; Aphylax spiralis Salisb.; Commelina spirata L.; Phaeneilema spiratum (L.) G.Brückn.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Murdannia spirata (L.) G.Brückn.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Grasslands, Moist places
  • Comments / notes : Often on hills above 1000m, in moist soil, as clumps in fallow fields and river beds.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-February
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 15-10-1962, 02-10-1967
  • Collection Nos : CS 8383, CS 11260
  • Collection Locality : Karwar; Sakleshpur
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
    • Karnataka : Uttara Kannada district, Hassan district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Amravati district, Bhandara district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Nashik district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Throughout Odisha
    • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Pullaiah, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 3. pp. 1011
    • 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.: 218
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Murdannia spirata. Downloaded on 10 November 2024.

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