Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
Distribution notes: Exotic
Evolvulus nummularius (L.) L.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Convolvulus nummularius L. |
synonym | Evolvulus dichondroides Oliv. |
synonym | Evolvulus domingensis Spreng. ex Choisy |
synonym | Evolvulus veronicifolius Kunth |
synonym | Evolvulus yunnanensis S. H. Huang |
synonym | Volvulopsis nummularia (L.) Roberty |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Slender prostrate perennial herbs. Leaves 5-15 x 4-10 mm, broadly ovate to orbicular, base subcordate, apex obtuse to emarginate, glabrous or sparsely hairy below; petiole to 5 mm long. Flowers 1-2, in leaf-axils; pedicels slender 2-5 mm long. Calyx lobes 5, free, 2-3.5 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, ciliate on margins. Corolla white, 6-8 mm across, rotate. Stamens sub-exserted. Capsule 3-4 mm across, globose. Seeds brown to black.
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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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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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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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Habit: A small, prostrate herb, upto 20cm.
Keystone Foundation
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Morphology
Growth Form
Herb
Flower
In axillary, solitary or paired; white. Flowering throughout the year.
Fruit
A conical capsule. Fruiting throughout the year.
Field tips
Stem prostrate, rooting at nodes.
Leaf Arrangement
Alternate-distichous
Leaf Type
Simple
Leaf Shape
Orbicular
Leaf Apex
Obtuse
Leaf Base
Subcordate-truncate
Leaf Margin
Entire
Keystone Foundation
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Forest plantations & degraded moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Forest plantations and degraded 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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Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Kerala: All districts
Tamil Nadu: Cuddalore, Kancheepuram, Kanniyakumari, Thiruvallur, 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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Global Distribution
Native of Tropical America; naturalised in Africa and Indo-Malesia
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 |
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Global Distribution
India: Assam, Odisha; Tropical America, Madagascar, Nepal
Local Distribution
Bongaigaon, Kamrup, Barak Valley
Found along the roadsides, wastelands and grass turfs from plains to 500m. Common. Native of new world tropics, naturalized in India and Nepal.
Keystone Foundation
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
No Data
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Evolvulus nummularius (L.) L., Sp. Pl. (ed.2) 391. 1762; Sivar. et al., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 12: 279. 1970; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 188. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 270. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 242. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 299. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 260. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 471. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 307. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 313. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 307. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 216. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 444. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 206. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 470. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 338. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 467. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 557. 2009.
- Volvulopsis nummularia (L.) Roberty, Candollea 14: 28. 1952.
- Convolvulus nummularius L., Sp. Pl. 175. 1753.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Evolvulus nummularius (L.) L., Sp. Pl. (ed.2) 391. 1762; Sivar. et al., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 12: 279. 1970; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 188. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 270. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 242. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 299. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 260. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 471. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 307. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 313. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 307. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 216. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 444. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 206. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 470. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 338. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 467. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 557. 2009.
- Volvulopsis nummularia (L.) Roberty, Candollea 14: 28. 1952.
- Convolvulus nummularius L., Sp. Pl. 175. 1753.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Solanales |
Family | Convolvulaceae |
Genus | Evolvulus |
Species | Evolvulus nummularius (L.) L. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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