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Lindernia nummulariifolia

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Lindernia nummulariifolia
Lindernia nummulariifolia
Lindernia nummulariifolia
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymEnglish - False Pimpernel, Round-leaved False Pimpernel
synonymLindernia nummulariifolia (D.Don) Wettst.
🗒 Common Names
Other
  • False Pimpernel
  • Lindernia sessiliflora (Benth.)Westtst.
  • Vandellia nummulariifolia Don.
  • Vandellia sesiliflora Benth.
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1 Year Assessed: 2011 Assessor/s: Mani, S. Reviewer/s: Rasingam, L., Lakshminarasimhan, P., Gunaga, S. & Raghavan, R. Contributors: Molur, S. Justification: Lindernia nummulariifolia is assessed as Least Concern as the species is widely distributed, common and without any threats. Conservation Actions: No conservation actions are known or needed for this species.
IUCN and ZOO 2011
Attributions IUCN and ZOO 2011
Contributors 
Sanjay Molur
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    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
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
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    References 
      No Data
      📚 Natural History
      Miscellaneous Details
      Notes: Evergreen Forests, Moist Localities
      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
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        No Data
        📚 Habitat and Distribution
        General Habitat
        Habitat and Ecology: It is a annual or perhaps sometimes perennial and occurs in sandy and open ground in evergreen forests, along mountain sides but usually in wet places, particularly in rice fields (Cook 1996). It is also found in moist sandy alluvium on hill slopes in Chattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh (Mudgal et al. 1997), and common on laterite soil or on rocks in Andhra Pradesh (Rao and Kumari 2002). Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater List of Habitats: 1, 1.6, 5, 5.7, 6, 15, 15.8
        IUCN and ZOO 2011
        Attributions IUCN and ZOO 2011
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          Description
          Maharashtra: Ahmednagar, Kolhapur, Nasik, Pune, Raigad,Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Hassan, N. Kanara, Shimoga Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Nilgiri, Theni
          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
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            Range Description: Lindernia nummulariifolia is widely spread in African mountains and Asia (Angola, China, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe). In India, it is commonly distributed in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Nagaland, West Bengal, Chattisgarh, Tripura, Sikkim and Uttar Pradesh (Cook 1996). Countries - Native: Angola; China; Ethiopia; India (Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Madagascar; Malawi; Myanmar; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Viet Nam; Zambia; Zimbabwe
            IUCN and ZOO 2011
            Attributions IUCN and ZOO 2011
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              No Data
              📚 Occurrence
              No Data
              📚 Demography and Conservation
              Trends
              Population: Particularly common during Monsoon (Cook 1996). Population Trend: Unknown
              IUCN and ZOO 2011
              Attributions IUCN and ZOO 2011
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                Conservation Status
                Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1 Year Assessed: 2011 Assessor/s: Mani, S. Reviewer/s: Rasingam, L., Lakshminarasimhan, P., Gunaga, S. & Raghavan, R. Contributors: Molur, S. Justification: Lindernia nummulariifolia is assessed as Least Concern as the species is widely distributed, common and without any threats. Conservation Actions: No conservation actions are known or needed for this species.
                IUCN and ZOO 2011
                Attributions IUCN and ZOO 2011
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  Threats
                  Major Threat (s): No threats have been reported for this species.
                  IUCN and ZOO 2011
                  Attributions IUCN and ZOO 2011
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    No Data
                    📚 Uses and Management
                    No Data
                    📚 Information Listing
                    References
                    1. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/habitats-classification-scheme-ver3
                    2. Mani, S. 2011. Lindernia nummulariifolia. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
                    3. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/threats-classification-scheme
                    4. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/conservation-actions-classification-scheme-ver2
                    7. Cook, C.D.K. 1996. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India. Oxford University Press, Oxford.; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Mudgal, V., Khanna, K.K. and Hajra, P.K. 1997. Flora of Madhya Pradesh. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.; Rao, G.V.S. and Kumari, G.R. 2008. Flora of Visakhapatnam District Andhra Pradesh. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
                    9. Citation: Mani, S. 2011. Lindernia nummulariifolia. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
                    12. Mani, S. 2011. Lindernia nummulariifolia. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
                    14. Cook, C.D.K. 1996. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India. Oxford University Press, Oxford.; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Mudgal, V., Khanna, K.K. and Hajra, P.K. 1997. Flora of Madhya Pradesh. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.; Rao, G.V.S. and Kumari, G.R. 2008. Flora of Visakhapatnam District Andhra Pradesh. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
                    1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Gamble 1957
                    Information Listing > References
                    1. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/habitats-classification-scheme-ver3
                    2. Mani, S. 2011. Lindernia nummulariifolia. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
                    3. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/threats-classification-scheme
                    4. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/conservation-actions-classification-scheme-ver2
                    7. Cook, C.D.K. 1996. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India. Oxford University Press, Oxford.; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Mudgal, V., Khanna, K.K. and Hajra, P.K. 1997. Flora of Madhya Pradesh. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.; Rao, G.V.S. and Kumari, G.R. 2008. Flora of Visakhapatnam District Andhra Pradesh. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
                    9. Citation: Mani, S. 2011. Lindernia nummulariifolia. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
                    12. Mani, S. 2011. Lindernia nummulariifolia. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 October 2011.
                    14. Cook, C.D.K. 1996. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India. Oxford University Press, Oxford.; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Mudgal, V., Khanna, K.K. and Hajra, P.K. 1997. Flora of Madhya Pradesh. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.; Rao, G.V.S. and Kumari, G.R. 2008. Flora of Visakhapatnam District Andhra Pradesh. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
                    15. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Gamble 1957
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                    📚 Meta data
                    No Data
                    🐾 Taxonomy
                    RootRoot
                    KingdomPlantae
                    PhylumTracheophyta
                    ClassMagnoliopsida
                    OrderLamiales
                    FamilyLinderniaceae
                    GenusLindernia
                    SpeciesLindernia nummulariifolia
                    📊 Temporal Distribution
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