Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
Elephantopus scaber Auct. non L.
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📚 Overview
Description
Scapigerous herbs; whole plant scabrous. Leaves radical, rossetted at base, 6-18 x 2-5 cm, obovate to oblong or oblanceolate, base attenuate, margin crenate, apex obtuse or broadly acute, strigose above; cauline leaves small, narrow, sessile, base amplexicaule. Heads, homogamous, non-rayed, sessile, aggregated in dense, stalked glomerules, substened by 3 ovate, reduced leaves. Involucral bracts 2-seriate, scarious. Flowers 2-5, bisexual. Corolla purple; tube 5-6 mm long, lobes 5. Stamens 5, auricled at base. Ovary 3 -4 mm, oblong; style arms subulate. Achenes 4-5 mm long, 10-ribbed. Pappus of 4-6 spiny bristles, c. 5 mm long.
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 |
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Habit: Herb
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 |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Plains to Mid Altitude, Dry Deciduous to Moist Deciduous
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 |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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 |
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Description
Global Distribution
Pantropical
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Nasik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara,Thane
Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Dharwar, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara
Kerala: All districts
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Kanniyakumari, Nilgiri, Theni, Tirunelveli
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 |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Fischer 1921
- Elephantopus scaber L., Sp. Pl. 814. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 242. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 676(476). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 149. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 229. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 212. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 249. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 213. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 370. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 252. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 260. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 188. 1995; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 333. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 9, 15; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 249. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 176. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 370. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 200. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 169. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 375. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 281. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 382. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 470. 2009.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Fischer 1921
- Elephantopus scaber L., Sp. Pl. 814. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 242. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 676(476). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 149. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 229. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 212. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 249. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 213. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 370. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 252. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 260. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 188. 1995; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 333. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 9, 15; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 249. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 176. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 370. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 200. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 169. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 375. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 281. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 382. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 470. 2009.
A checklist of the flowering plants of Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaVascular plant diversity in the sacred grove of Modapalli in Viskhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh, India
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Asterales |
Family | Asteraceae |
Genus | Elephantopus |
Species | Elephantopus mollis Kunth |
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