Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Ampherephis mollis Wall. |
| synonym | Baccharoides courtallensis (Wight) Punekar & Vasudeva Rao |
| synonym | Baccharoides scabrida (DC.) M.R.Almeida |
| synonym | Cacalia clarkeana Kuntze |
| synonym | Cacalia hookeri Kuntze |
| synonym | Centratherum courtallense (Wight) Benth. |
| synonym | Centratherum hookeri C.B.Clarke |
| synonym | Centratherum metzianum Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f. |
| synonym | Centratherum rangacharii Gamble |
| synonym | Centratherum tenue C.B.Clarke |
| synonym | Decaneurum angustifolium Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke |
| synonym | Decaneurum courtallense Wight |
| synonym | Decaneurum epilejum DC. |
| synonym | Decaneurum molle (Wall.) DC. |
| synonym | Decaneurum scabridum DC. |
| synonym | Gymnanthemum molle (DC.) Sch.Bip. |
| synonym | Phyllocephalum courtallense (Wight) Narayana |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Fleshy herbs. Leaves 12-15 x 4-6.5 cm, elliptic, acuminate at both ends, thinly scabrid above, deeply serrate. Peduncles 1.5 cm long, tomentose. Heads 1.3 x 1 cm, few; inner bracts 9 x 2 mm; outer bracts 8 x 4 mm, white-tomentose, ciliate along the margins. Flowers 12-15; corolla 8 mm long; lobes oblong, glabrous. Achenes 1.5 mm long; pappus few, 2.5 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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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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 |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests, Endemic to Western Ghats
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 |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Shola and moist deciduous forests
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 |
| References |
Description
Maharashtra: Ahmednagar, Kolhapur, Nasik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg, Thane
Kerala: Idukki, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar
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 |
Global Distribution
Western Ghats
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kottayam, Kasaragode, Kollam, Thrissur, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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 |
| References |
Endemic Distribution
Western Ghats
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 |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Phyllocephalum scabridum (DC.) Kirkman, Rhodora 83: 10. 1981; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 232. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 213. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 219. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 264. 1994; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 344.1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 252. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 178. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 207. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 171. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 477. 2009.
- Decaneurum scabridum DC. in Wight, Contrib. 7. 1834.
- Decaneurum molle DC., Prodr. 5: 67. 1836.
- Centratherum molle (DC.) Benth. in Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 2: 225. 1873; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 227. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 666(469). 1921; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 250. 1990.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Phyllocephalum scabridum (DC.) Kirkman, Rhodora 83: 10. 1981; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 232. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 213. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 219. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 264. 1994; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 344.1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 252. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 178. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 207. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 171. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 477. 2009.
- Decaneurum scabridum DC. in Wight, Contrib. 7. 1834.
- Decaneurum molle DC., Prodr. 5: 67. 1836.
- Centratherum molle (DC.) Benth. in Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 2: 225. 1873; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 227. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 666(469). 1921; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 250. 1990.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Asterales |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Genus | Phyllocephalum |
| Species | Phyllocephalum scabridum (DC.) K.Kirkman |
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