Pseuderanthemum reticulatum Radlk.

 
  • Family : ACANTHACEAE
    (Acanthus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Pseuderanthemum carruthersii (Seem.) Guillaumin; Pseuderanthemum kewense L.H.Bailey
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pseuderanthemum maculatum (G.Lodd.) I.M.Turner
  • Common name : Golden Pseuderanthemum
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated
  • Key identification features : Stem terete, much branched. Leaves dark red, variegated with pink. Flowers in axillary cymes or combined into terminal panicle
  • Flower, Fruit : September-May
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district
    • Kerala : Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Thane district, Mumbai Suburban district, Mumbai-City district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.pp.683. 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=Pseuderanthemum reticulatum. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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