Flowering class: Monocot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Cyanotis longifolia Wight, nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Cyanotis wightii C.B.Clarke |
| synonym | Tonningia pilosa (Schult. & Schult.f.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Tonningia wightii (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze |
| synonym | Tradescantia pilosa Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Stem decumbent. Leaves 5-8 x 1-2 cm, linear-lanceolate or elliptic, apex acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous above, tomentose below, sheath to 1 cm, pilose. Cymes terminal and axillary 3-5 in a cluster, peduncle 1.5-1 cm, pilose; bracts to 2 cm, lanceolate, bracteoles to 1 x 5 cm, lanceolate, ciliate along the margin. Flowers 1 cm across; calyx lobes pilose, petals purple, ovate-orbicular; filaments hairy, style 1 cm. Capsule to 3 mm, pyramidal.
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
Along margins of evergreen 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
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kottayam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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
- Cyanotis pilosa Schult. & Schult. f., Syst. Veg. 7: 1155. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 387. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1549(1081). 1931; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 483. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 520. 1990; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 407. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 486. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 39. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 77. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 359. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 737. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 514. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 889. 2009.
- Tonningia pilosa (Schult. & Schult.f.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 722. 1891.
- Cyanotis wightii Clarke in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 250. 1881; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 386. 1892; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 39.1996.
Information Listing > References
- Cyanotis pilosa Schult. & Schult. f., Syst. Veg. 7: 1155. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 387. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1549(1081). 1931; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 483. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 520. 1990; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 407. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 486. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 39. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 77. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 359. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 737. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 514. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 889. 2009.
- Tonningia pilosa (Schult. & Schult.f.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 722. 1891.
- Cyanotis wightii Clarke in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 250. 1881; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 386. 1892; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 39.1996.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Liliopsida |
| Order | Commelinales |
| Family | Commelinaceae |
| Genus | Cyanotis |
| Species | Cyanotis pilosa Schult. & Schult.f. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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