Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
Distribution notes: Exotic
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Gomphrena decumbens Jacq. |
| synonym | Gomphrena dispersa Standl. |
🗒 Common Names
| Other |
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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 |
Decumbent herbs; stems hispid. Leaves opposite, 4 x 1 cm, obovate, obtuse, tomentose. Spikes 2 x 1 cm, oblong, supported by 2 basal bracts. Flowers many, densely packed; sepals 5, outer ones lanceolate, 7 mm long, strongly aristate, white-cottony hairy, inner smaller; stamens 5, filaments combined into a tube; ovary obovoid; style forked above. Achenes membranous, circumscissile; seed one, 2 x 2 mm, muriculate, brown. Sterile flowers with hooked, bristle like tepals.
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 |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Dry Deciduous forests, Dry Localities/ Naturalized, Native of Tropical America
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 |
No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Dry fields
Degraded deciduous forests and scrub jungles
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: Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu; Tropical America, South America
Local Distribution
Bongaigaon
Maharashtra: Common throughout
Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Kottayam
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 |
Global Distribution
Native of South America
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kottayam, Idukki, Kannur, Wayanad
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 |
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Gomphrena serrata L., Sp. Pl. 224. 1753; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 379. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 336. 1989; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 330. 1998; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 673. 2009.
- Gomphrena decumbens Jacq., Hort. Schoenbr. t. 482. 1805.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
Information Listing > References
- Gomphrena serrata L., Sp. Pl. 224. 1753; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 379. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 336. 1989; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 330. 1998; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 673. 2009.
- Gomphrena decumbens Jacq., Hort. Schoenbr. t. 482. 1805.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
No Data
🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
| Order | Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl |
| Family | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus | Gomphrena |
| Species | Gomphrena serrata L. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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