• Family : HALORAGACEAE
  (Myriophyllum Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : MYRIOPHYLLUM FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : HALORAGACEAE
• Basionym : Epilithes coccinea Blume
• Synonym(s) : Serpicula brevipes Wight & Arn.; Serpicula hirsuta Wight & Arn.; Serpicula indica Thwaites
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Grasslands and along road cuttings in the high ranges, also along lake banks
• Comments / notes : On hills above 1400m
• Key identification features : Semi-aquatic
• Flower, Fruit : August-March
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Tamil Nadu : Yercaud Hills (Salem district), The Nilgiri district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Malesia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Laurembergia coccinea. Downloaded on 22 May 2024.

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