Pteracanthus alatus (Wall. ex Nees) Bremek.

 
  • Family : ACANTHACEAE
    (Acanthus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Goldfussia thomsonii Hook.; Ruellia ampliata Edgew. ex Nees; Strobilanthes alata (Wall.) Nees; Strobilanthes atropurpurea var. wallichii (Nees) Kuntze; Strobilanthes latisepala Hemsl.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Strobilanthes wallichii Nees
  • Common name : Kashmir Acanthus
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Habitat : Forest floor in moist fir and hemlock forest, extending upwards into open Rhododendron scrub; 1300 - 3960 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Corolla glabrous; calyx 1 - 2.8 cm
  • Flower, Fruit : June-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district,West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Lohit
  • Native : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : East Afghanistan to South China and Indo-China, Taiwan
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 195
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1271-1272
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 257
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pteracanthus alatus. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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