Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
Distribution notes: Exotic
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Ethulia nodiflore Lam. |
| synonym | Ethulia sparganophora L. |
| synonym | Ethulia struchium Sw. |
| synonym | Sparganophorus africanus (Beauverd) Steud. |
| synonym | Sparganophorus fasciatus Lam. ex Poir. |
| synonym | Sparganophorus fasciculatus Steud. |
| synonym | Sparganophorus fuscatus Steud. |
| synonym | Sparganophorus sparganophora (L.) C.Jeffrey |
| synonym | Sparganophorus sparganophorus (L.) C.Jeffrey |
| synonym | Sparganophorus struchium (Sw.) Pers. |
| synonym | Sparganophorus vaillantii Crantz |
| synonym | Sparganophorus vaillantii var. longifolius Griseb. |
| synonym | Struchium africanum (Steud.) P.Beauv. |
| synonym | Struchium herbaceum P.Browne ex J. St. Hil. |
| synonym | Struchium vaillantii Crantz |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
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 |
Erect, branched, semi-aquatic herbs; stem green, sparsely puberulous. Leaves alternate, elliptic-lanceolate, base attenuate and decurrent on the petiole at base, margins serrulate-denticulate, apex acute or acuminate; petiole to 2.5 cm long. Heads axillary, sessile, cluster of 4-5, c. 5 mm across, globose, white, homogamous. Involucre in 4-5 series, outer smaller and inner larger, triangular to oblanceolate, acuminate, greenish, margins scarious and hairy. Receptacle convex, pitted. Florets all tubular, without palea, 4-5 mm long, bisexual. Calyx of three white, 0.5 mm long, acute scales united variously, persistent. Corolla 2-3 mm long, white, tube narrow, lobes 5, spreading glandular. Stamens 3; filaments filiform, white. Ovary c. 1.5 mm long; stigma bifid, purple. Achenes c. 1.5 mm long, triangular, blackish.
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 |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats, Plains, Moist Localities
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
Wet localities
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
Native of Tropical America; now in all warmer countries
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam
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 |
Kerala: Alapuzha, Kollam, Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram
Tamil Nadu: Kanniyakumari
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
- Ethulia sparganophora L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 1171. 1763.
- Struchium sparganophorum (L.) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 366. 1891; Vasudevan, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 8: 202. 1966; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 233. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 221. 1989; Joseph, Aquatic Angiosp. Malabar 54. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 267. 1994; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 347. 1995; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 288. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 391. 2009.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Ethulia sparganophora L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 1171. 1763.
- Struchium sparganophorum (L.) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 366. 1891; Vasudevan, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 8: 202. 1966; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 233. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 221. 1989; Joseph, Aquatic Angiosp. Malabar 54. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 267. 1994; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 347. 1995; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 288. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 391. 2009.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Asterales |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Genus | Struchium |
| Species | Struchium sparganophorum (L.) Kuntze |
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