Ophiopogon intermedius D.Don

 
  • Family : LILIACEAE
    (Lily Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BACHNAG FAMILY (बचनाग फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Asparagaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ophiopogon wallichianus var. pauciflorus Hook.f.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ophiopogon intermedius D.Don
  • Common name : Himalayan Lily Turf, White mondo grass
  • Vernacular name :
    • Thalaivalka, Orukkupullu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Forests and shrubberies
  • Comments / notes : Occasional on Hills above 1500m on shola floors
  • Key identification features : Leaves tufted, linear. Perianth white, tinged with lilac lobes spreading
  • Flower, Fruit : May-August
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha; S.R.Ramesh, B.R.Ramesh
  • Collection Date : 6-10-1965, 17-07-1980
  • Collection Nos : CS 10040, KFP 11757
  • Collection Locality : Magadi estate, Sakleshpur, Hassan district; Talguppa-Jog, Shivamogga district
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Shivamogga district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Kolhapur district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Theni district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Tirap, Lohit
    • Meghalaya : West Jaintia Hills (Jowai) district
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • 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
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Ravichandran V personal observation 2014 Aug.
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 425
    • Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 280
    • Balakrishnan, N. P. (1983). Flora of Jowai Vol.2. Published BSI: 562
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 202
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ophiopogon intermedius. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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