Along margin of evergreen forests between 500 and 2000 m.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Daphne eriocephala Wall. |
| synonym | Gnidia eriocephala (Wall. ex Royle) Meissn. |
| synonym | Gnidia hugelii Meissn. |
| synonym | Gnidia monticola Miq. |
| synonym | Gnidia volkensii Gilg |
| synonym | Gnidiopsis monticola (Miq.) van Tiegh. |
| synonym | Lasiosiphon eriocephalus Decne. |
| synonym | Lasiosiphon glaucus Fres. |
| synonym | Lasiosiphon huegelii Meissn. |
| synonym | Lasiosiphon metzianus Miq. |
| synonym | Lasiosiphon speciosus Decne. |
| synonym | Passerina cephalophora Thunb. |
| synonym | Passerina purpurea Wikstr. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Summary
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Trees, to 7 m high; branchlets angular and pubescent, becoming terete, glabrous and brown with age; leafscars prominent. Leaves simple, alternate, crowded towards the apex of branchlets, estipulate; petiole 2-3 mm long, slender, pubescent; lamina 7-11 x 2-2.5 cm, linear-oblong, base attenuate, apex acute, margin entire, glabrous above, puberulent beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 6-10 pairs pinnate, slender, faint, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, bright yellow, in terminal white silky compact heads surrounded by an involucre of silky bracts; pedicels 2 mm, densely pilose; calyx tube to 1.5 cm, densely long pilose without; lobes 5, 3 mm, oblong, pilose without; petaloid appendages 8, yellow, terete, fleshy; stamens 8-10, in 2 rows; ovary superior, sessile, oblong, 1-celled; style filiform, stigma capitate. Fruit a berry, 4 mm long, ellipsoid, densely pilose, enclosed in the calyx; seed brown, ridged laterally.
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 |
Flowering branch
Inflorescence insertion
Flowering branch
Inflorescence insertion
Habit
Small trees up to 7 m tall.
Trunk\bark
Bark brownish, irregularly scaly when mature; blaze yellowish.
Branchlets
Young branchlets angular to terete, pubescent when young, later glabrous.
Leaves
Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, clustered at twig ends; petiole 0.3 cm long, slender, planoconvex in cross section, pubescent when young; lamina 4-8.5 x 1-2 cm, narrow elliptic to elliptic-obovate, apex acute with mucronate tip, base obtuse or attenuate, margin entire, pubescent beneath; midrib flat or slightly canaliculate above; secondary nerves up to 10 pairs, not prominent; tertiary nerves broadly reticulate or obscure.
Flowers
Flowers yellow, in terminal heads, with involucrate silky bracts; pedicel 0.2 cm long.
Fruit& seed
Fruit indehiscent, dry, small, 1-seeded.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Ecology
Along margin of evergreen forests between 500 and 2000 m.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Evergreen, dry deciduous and shola forests
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 Africa
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Malappuram, Wayanad, Kozhikkode
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 |
India, Sri Lanka and Africa; in the Western Ghats- throughout.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Gnidia glauca (Fresen.) Gilg in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 265. 1894; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 238. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 39. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 73. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 589. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 354. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 271. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 273. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 705. 2009.
- Lasiosiphon glaucus Fresen., Flora 21: 603. 1838.
- Gnidia eriocephala Meisner in Denkschr., Koenigl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 3: 292. 1841.
- Lasiosiphon eriocephalus (Meisner) Decne. in Jacq., Voy. Bot. 148. 1844; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 197. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1244(871). 1925.
Information Listing > References
- Gnidia glauca (Fresen.) Gilg in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 265. 1894; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 238. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 39. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 73. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 589. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 354. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 271. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 273. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 705. 2009.
- Lasiosiphon glaucus Fresen., Flora 21: 603. 1838.
- Gnidia eriocephala Meisner in Denkschr., Koenigl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 3: 292. 1841.
- Lasiosiphon eriocephalus (Meisner) Decne. in Jacq., Voy. Bot. 148. 1844; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 197. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1244(871). 1925.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
| Order | Malvales Juss. |
| Family | Thymelaeaceae |
| Genus | Gnidia |
| Species | Gnidia glauca (Fres.) Gilg |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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