Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH357 : Blumea jacquemontii Hook.f.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 21

Synonym : Blumea paniculata (Willd.) M.R. Almeida.; Blumea glandulosa Thwaites.; Blumea hispidula DC. ex C.B.Clarke; Blumea kingii C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.; Blumea muralis DC.; Blumea obovata C.B.Clarke [Illegitimate]; Blumea paniculata var. gracilis (Hook.f.) M.R.Almeida; Blumea paniculata var. jacquemontii (Hook.f.) M.R.Almeida; Blumea paniculata var. muralis (DC.) M.R.Almeida; Blumea senecioides DC.; Blumea subsimplex DC.; Blumea viscosula DC.; Conyza diffusa Roxb.; Conyza membranacea Wall. ex DC.; Conyza viscosula Wall. ex DC.;

Plant Common Name : Panicled Blumea, Mharbir

Plant Family : Asteraceae / Compositae

Description : a perennial herb with a slender stem. The leaves are lobed and small flower-heads are born in panicles with wiry branches. The fruit is a white feathery ball, probably meant for air dispersal of seeds. Flowering: November-February.

Plant Location in Melghat : Chikhaldara, Dharni ghat

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Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat. - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228918 - https://www.gbif.org/species/5395595 - http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/gcc_45913 - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Panicled%20Blumea.html

Reference : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Asteridae
Order : Asterales
Family : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family
Genus : Blumea DC. - false family
Species : Blumea jacquemontii

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