Phyllanthus gardnerianus (Wight) Baill.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Phyllanthaceae
  • Basionym : Macraea gardneriana Wight
  • Synonym(s) : Phyllanthus virgatus var. gardnerianus (Wight) Govaerts & Radcl.-Sm.; Phyllanthus simplex var. gardnerianus (Wight) Müll.Arg.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Phyllanthus virgatus var. gardnerianus (Wight) Govaerts & Radcl.-Sm.
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Habitat : Moist deciduous and Tropical semi-evergreen forests, also in grasslands
  • Comments / notes : Common in crevices of rocks in Northern Eastern Ghats
  • Flower, Fruit : June-November
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district, Coimbatore district, Namakkal district, The Nilgiri district, Kanyakumari district, Salem district, Theni district, Tirunelveli district
  • World Distribution : Paleotropics
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • Sankar,R.V., R. Kottaimuthu & K. Ravikumar (2009). Additions to the flora of Sirumalai Hills, Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1(7): 379-381
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Phyllanthus gardnerianus. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

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