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Xyris pauciflora
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Family:
XYRIDACEAE
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Citation: Xyris pauciflora Willd., Phytogr. 1: 2,t.1,f.1. 1794; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 365. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1532(1070). 1928; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 294. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 391. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 324. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 480. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 403. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 817. 1990; Joseph, Aquatic Angiosp. Malabar 526. 1991; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 14. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 472. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 731. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 508. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 699. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 884. 2009.
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Description:
Erect tufted herbs. Leaves to 11 x 0.3 cm, linear, apex acuminate, papillose. Scape to 15 cm long. Flower-head globose, 5-7 x 4-5 mm; bracts chestnut-brown, c. 3 mm across, broadly ovate to orbicular, mucronate, closely imbricating. Sepals 3, 3-4 mm long, median one broad, laterals curved. Petals 3, yellow; limbs 2.5-4 mm long, obovate, apex emarginate; claw to 3 mm long. Stamens 3; staminodes 3. Ovary to 2.5 mm long, oblong, 1-locular; style to 2 mm long. Capsule oblong. Seeds ellipsoid, ribbed.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-October
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests and marshy areas
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia to Australia
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Aquatic:
Yes
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Valiyaparathode, Ranni, Tirunalli, Nileswar, Pappinisseri, Beemanadi, Kasaragod, Thuravoor, Pallippuram, Karimpuzha
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