Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Shrub
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Hedyotis purpurascens pallida (Gamble) M.Mohanan |
| synonym | Hedyotis purpurea Bedd., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Oldenlandia purpurascens (Hook.f.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Oldenlandia purpurascens var. pallida Gamble |
🗒 Common Names
| Malayalam |
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📚 Overview
Description
Erect shrubs, branches with prominent leaf scars. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, base acute, glabrous, to 6 x 1.5 cm; stipules pectinate. Flowers purple. Calyx lobes oblong. Corolla 5 mm long.
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
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
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
Peninsular India
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Idukki
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 |
Endemic Distribution
Peninsular India
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
- Oldenlandia purpurascens (Hook.f.) O. Ktze. var. pallida Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 597(421). 1921.
- Hedyotis purpurea Bedd., Ic. t. 5. 1868-1874.
- Hedyotis purpurascens Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 50. 1880; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 230. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 152. 1997; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 318. 2002; Dutta & Deb, Taxonomic Revision Hedyotis 77. 2004.
- Oldenlandia purpurascens (Hook. f.) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 292. 1891; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 597(421). 1921.
- Hedyotis purpurascens Hook.f. var. pallida (Gamble) M. Mohanan, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 6: 480. 1985; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 230. 1994.
Information Listing > References
- Oldenlandia purpurascens (Hook.f.) O. Ktze. var. pallida Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 597(421). 1921.
- Hedyotis purpurea Bedd., Ic. t. 5. 1868-1874.
- Hedyotis purpurascens Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 50. 1880; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 230. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 152. 1997; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 318. 2002; Dutta & Deb, Taxonomic Revision Hedyotis 77. 2004.
- Oldenlandia purpurascens (Hook. f.) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 292. 1891; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 597(421). 1921.
- Hedyotis purpurascens Hook.f. var. pallida (Gamble) M. Mohanan, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 6: 480. 1985; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 230. 1994.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Gentianales |
| Family | Rubiaceae |
| Genus | Hedyotis |
| Species | Hedyotis purpurascens Hook.f. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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