• Family : ACANTHACEAE
  (ACANTHUS FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Acanthaceae
• Species : Elytraria acaulis
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Elytraria acaulis (L.f.) Lindau
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
• Comments : On plains on the floor of scrub jungles, less on hills to 1000 m.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Hoganekkal R.F. (Dharmapuri district) (Tamil Nadu State); Kurnool district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Anantapur district, Kadapa district, Guntur district, Prakasham district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State); Ganjam district, Parlakhemundi Hills (Gajapati district) (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Sri Lanka, India
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Elytraria acaulis. Downloaded on 5 May 2024.

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