Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2010
Assessor/s: Watve, A.
Reviewer/s: Juffe Bignoli, D., Narasimhan, D., Ravikumar, K., Kumar, V.S. & Rao, M.L.V.
Contributors: Molur, S.
Justification: Murdannia semiteres is an annual growing in moist rocky area. It is reported from Iran to India and Africa from many localities. Although no population data or threat data is available, personal observations from Maharashtra indicate that it is abundant when habitat is suitable and can secondarily colonize bare rocky areas. Its primary habitat is affected to large extent by land conversions owing to housing, industry, mines etc. Based on this, it is inferred that the subpopulations are affected and their is a small loss in number of mature individuals. However, the species has large numbers in population, being locally endemic. Hence the species is listed as Least Concern. More research is needed on population trends and potential habitat loss in India.
Conservation Actions: Conservation actions have not been reported or needed.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Aneilema paniculatum Wall. ex C.B.Clarke, nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Aneilema semiteres Dalzell |
| synonym | Commelina bulbosa B.Heyne ex Steud., nom. inval. |
| synonym | Commelina nimmoniana J.Graham ex C.B.Clarke |
| synonym | Dichoespermum paniculatum Hassk. ex C.B.Clarke, nom. inval. |
| synonym | Dichoespermum semiteres (Dalzell) Hassk. |
| synonym | Murdannia nimmoniana (J.Graham ex C.B.Clarke) Bole & M.R.Almeida |
| synonym | Murdannia paniculata (Wall. ex C.B.Clarke) G.Brückn. |
| synonym | Phaeneilema paniculatum (Wall. ex C.B.Clarke) G.Brückn. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Brief
IUCN and ZOO 2011
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Flowering class: Monocot
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 | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Erect tufted slender herbs. Leaves 4-13 x 0.1-0.3 cm, linear, filiform, semiterete, apex acuminate. Panicles terminal, lax, longer than leaves, branches capillary; peduncles reddish, 8-20 cm long. Flowers blue; pedicels filiform; bracts minute, ocreate. Sepals obovate, acute. Petals blue, 2-4 mm long, obovate, apex somewhat 3-loobed. Staminal filaments naked. Ovary glabrous; ovules 2-seriate in each cell. Capsule 2-3 mm long, subglobose or ovoid, angular. Seeds 2-seriate, 6-8 in each cell, smooth, 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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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Murdannia semiteres is annual common in wet areas. It was described by Fr. Santapau in Poona Agricultural College Magazine 41(4): 15 (1951).
IUCN and ZOO 2011
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Terrestrial
Freshwater
Habitat and Ecology: Murdannia semiteres is annual common in wet areas, drying pools, wet rocks, stream edges.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
List of Habitats: 4, 4.7, 5, 5.8, 6
IUCN and ZOO 2011
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Among sedges and grasses
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
Range Description: It is known from Africa and southern India, Iran to Indo-China and Viet Nam.
Countries - Native: India (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu); Iran, Islamic Republic of; Kenya; Rwanda; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; Viet Nam; Yemen
IUCN and ZOO 2011
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| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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| References |
Global Distribution
Peninsular India
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Alappuzha, Thrissur, Kasaragode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, 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 |
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
Trends
Population: Although population studies in detail have not been carried out, it is abundant in early monsoon and grows on wet rocks. Observations in Maharashtra (A. Watve pers. obs. 2007) showed that it forms dense patches on wet rocks sometimes with 250 individuals within 1 km2.
Population Trend: Stable
IUCN and ZOO 2011
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| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2010
Assessor/s: Watve, A.
Reviewer/s: Juffe Bignoli, D., Narasimhan, D., Ravikumar, K., Kumar, V.S. & Rao, M.L.V.
Contributors: Molur, S.
Justification: Murdannia semiteres is an annual growing in moist rocky area. It is reported from Iran to India and Africa from many localities. Although no population data or threat data is available, personal observations from Maharashtra indicate that it is abundant when habitat is suitable and can secondarily colonize bare rocky areas. Its primary habitat is affected to large extent by land conversions owing to housing, industry, mines etc. Based on this, it is inferred that the subpopulations are affected and their is a small loss in number of mature individuals. However, the species has large numbers in population, being locally endemic. Hence the species is listed as Least Concern. More research is needed on population trends and potential habitat loss in India.
Conservation Actions: Conservation actions have not been reported or needed.
IUCN and ZOO 2011
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| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2822
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2822 |
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No Data
📚 Information Listing
References
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/conservation-actions-classification-scheme-ver2
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/threats-classification-scheme
- Watve, A. 2010. Murdannia semiteres. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>.; Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/habitats-classification-scheme-ver3
- Citation: Watve, A. 2010. Murdannia semiteres. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>.; Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
- Cook, C.D.K. 1996. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India. Oxford University Press, Oxford.; Govaerts, R., Dransfield, J., Zona, S.F, Hodel, D.R. and Henderson, A. 2010. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Available at: http://www.kew.org/wcsp/. (Accessed: 27 June).; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at:http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2822
- Murdannia semiteres (Dalz.) Sant., Poona Agri. Coll. Mag. 41(4): 15. 1951; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 296. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 423. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 396. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 327. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 523. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 360. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 740. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 517. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 707. 2009.
- Murdannia juncoides (Wight) Rao & Kammathy, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 6: 3. 1964; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 13,19. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 477. 1996.
- Aneilema semiteres Dalz. in Hook.'s, J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 138. 1851.
- Aneilema paniculatum Wall. ex Clarke in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 215. 1881, nom. illeg.; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1546(1079). 1931.
- Dichaespermum juncoides Wight, Ic. t. 2073. 1853.
- Dichaespermum paniculatum (Wall. ex Clarke) Hook. f. & Thoms. in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 381. 1892, pro syn.
Information Listing > References
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/conservation-actions-classification-scheme-ver2
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/threats-classification-scheme
- Watve, A. 2010. Murdannia semiteres. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>.; Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
- http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/habitats-classification-scheme-ver3
- Citation: Watve, A. 2010. Murdannia semiteres. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>.; Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
- Cook, C.D.K. 1996. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India. Oxford University Press, Oxford.; Govaerts, R., Dransfield, J., Zona, S.F, Hodel, D.R. and Henderson, A. 2010. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Available at: http://www.kew.org/wcsp/. (Accessed: 27 June).; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at:http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2822
- Murdannia semiteres (Dalz.) Sant., Poona Agri. Coll. Mag. 41(4): 15. 1951; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 296. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 423. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 396. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 327. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 523. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 360. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 740. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 517. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 707. 2009.
- Murdannia juncoides (Wight) Rao & Kammathy, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 6: 3. 1964; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 13,19. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 477. 1996.
- Aneilema semiteres Dalz. in Hook.'s, J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 138. 1851.
- Aneilema paniculatum Wall. ex Clarke in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 215. 1881, nom. illeg.; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1546(1079). 1931.
- Dichaespermum juncoides Wight, Ic. t. 2073. 1853.
- Dichaespermum paniculatum (Wall. ex Clarke) Hook. f. & Thoms. in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 381. 1892, pro syn.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Liliopsida |
| Order | Commelinales |
| Family | Commelinaceae |
| Genus | Murdannia |
| Species | Murdannia semiteres (Dalzell) Santapau |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
