Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Achyranthes monsoniae (L. f.) Pers. |
| synonym | Achyranthes setacea Roth |
| synonym | Aerva monsoniae (L. f.) Mart. |
| synonym | Celosia monsoniae (L. f.) Retz. |
| synonym | Illecebrum monsoniae L. f. |
| synonym | Trichurus monsoniae (L. f.) C. C. Towns. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Erect herbs, to 10 cm tall. Leaves decussate or clustered below, alternate above, linear-acute, subsessile, 1 x 0.05 cm. Spikes clustered; flowers bisexual, 2-bracteolate; bracts and bracteoles linear-lanceolate, scarious, hyaline, midrib prominent, excurrent into an awn. Tepals 4 or 5, subequal, lanceolate, 1-nerved, acuminate. Stamens 4, connate at base into a sheath; anthers globose. Ovary depressed-globose; ovule solitary; style short; stigma minute. Utricle circumscissile; seeds ovoid, shiny, black.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Coastal sandy areas & Grasslands
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Coastal sandy areas and grasslands
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
India, Sri Lanka and Thailand
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Malappuram
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Maharashtra: Pune
Karnataka: Belgaum, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore
Kerala: Malapuram, Palakkad
Tamil Nadu: All districts
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Celosia monsoniae Retz., Obs. Bot. 2: 13. 1781.
- Aerva monsoniae (Retz.) Mart., Nov. Acta Phys. Med. Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur. 13: 291. 1826; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1178(825). 1925; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 386. 1990.
- Trichurus monsoniae (L. f.) Towns., Kew Bull. 29: 466. 1974.
- Illecebrum monsoniae L. f., Suppl. Pl. 161. 1781.
- Trichuriella monsoniae (L. f.) Bennet, Indian J. For. 8: 86. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 676. 1990.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Celosia monsoniae Retz., Obs. Bot. 2: 13. 1781.
- Aerva monsoniae (Retz.) Mart., Nov. Acta Phys. Med. Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur. 13: 291. 1826; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1178(825). 1925; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 386. 1990.
- Trichurus monsoniae (L. f.) Towns., Kew Bull. 29: 466. 1974.
- Illecebrum monsoniae L. f., Suppl. Pl. 161. 1781.
- Trichuriella monsoniae (L. f.) Bennet, Indian J. For. 8: 86. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 676. 1990.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
| Order | Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl |
| Family | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus | Trichuriella |
| Species | Trichuriella monsoniae (L.f.) Bennet |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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