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Girardinia diversifolia

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Girardinia diversifolia
Girardinia diversifolia
Girardinia diversifolia
Girardinia diversifolia
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🗒 Synonyms
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🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Bichuti
  • Chutra
  • Soru-chorat
English
  • Himalayan Nettle
  • Nilghiri nettle
Malayalam
  • Aanachenthotti
  • Aanachoriyanam
  • Chenthotti
  • Choriyanam
  • Kuttithoova
Other
  • Aagya
  • Aanachoriyanam
  • Bichchhoo
  • Chenthotti
  • Yanai Chenthatti
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb
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 
D. Narasimhan
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Habit: Shrub
    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 
      Subshrubs with white stinging hairs. Leaves alternate, 3-7-lobed, 8-15 x 10-17 cm, base cordate, lobes margin inciso-serrate, densely strigose, 3-ribbed from base; stipules to 1.5 x 1 cm, broadly oblong, auricled, acute; petiole to 10 cm long, reddish. Male flowers in axillary, cylindrical branched or unbranched spikes, white; tepals 4, c. 2 mm long, ovate, cucullate; stamens 4; pistillode globose. Female flowers in subterminal heads; tepals connate into a ventricose tube, 2-4-lobed; ovary flattened, ovate, style filiform. Achenes c. 3 mm across, compressed.
      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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        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: October-November
        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 
          Miscellaneous Details
          Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous to Evergreen Forests
          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
            Evergreen, semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and shola forests, also in waste lands
            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 
              Forested areas, open places
              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                Description
                Global Distribution

                India: Assam, Bihar, Maharastra

                Local Distribution

                Sivasagar, Dima Hasao

                Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  Global Distribution

                  Tropical Asia

                  Indian distribution

                  State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                  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 
                    Maharashtra: Ahemdnagar, Kolhapur, Nasik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg, Thane Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dindigul , Namakkal, Nilgiri, Salem, Tiruvannamalai, Viluppuram
                    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
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                      📚 Uses and Management
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                      📚 Information Listing
                      References
                      1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
                      1. Girardinia heterophylla Decne. var. zeylanica (Decne.) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 551. 1888.
                      2. Girardinia zeylanica Decne. in Jacq., Voy. 4: 152. 1844; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1373(960). 1928; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 279. 1982.
                      3. Girardinia leschenaultiana Decne. in Jacq., Voy. 4: 152. 1844; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1372(960). 1928.
                      4. Girardinia heterophylla Decne. in Jacq., Voy. 4: 151. t.153. 1844; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 551. 1888 incl. var. palmata.
                      5. Urtica diversifolia Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. 2: 385. 1822.
                      6. Girardinia diversifolia (Link) Friis, Kew Bull. 36: 145. 1981; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 383. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 359. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 262. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 438. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 762. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 453. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 419. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 74. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 651. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 384. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 292. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 302. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 470. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 6504 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 760. 2009.
                      Information Listing > References
                      1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
                      2. Girardinia heterophylla Decne. var. zeylanica (Decne.) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 551. 1888.
                      3. Girardinia zeylanica Decne. in Jacq., Voy. 4: 152. 1844; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1373(960). 1928; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 279. 1982.
                      4. Girardinia leschenaultiana Decne. in Jacq., Voy. 4: 152. 1844; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1372(960). 1928.
                      5. Girardinia heterophylla Decne. in Jacq., Voy. 4: 151. t.153. 1844; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 551. 1888 incl. var. palmata.
                      6. Urtica diversifolia Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. 2: 385. 1822.
                      7. Girardinia diversifolia (Link) Friis, Kew Bull. 36: 145. 1981; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 383. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 359. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 262. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 438. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 762. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 453. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 419. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 74. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 651. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 384. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 292. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 302. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 470. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 6504 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 760. 2009.

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                      📚 Meta data
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                      🐾 Taxonomy
                      RootRoot
                      KingdomPlantae
                      PhylumTracheophyta
                      ClassMagnoliopsida
                      OrderRosales
                      FamilyUrticaceae
                      GenusGirardinia
                      SpeciesGirardinia diversifolia
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