Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH427 : Glossostigma diandrum (L.) Kunze

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -

Synonym : Glossostigma spathulatum (Hook. fil.) Arnott.; Glossostigma submersum Petrie.; Limosella diandrum L.; Microcarpaea cuneifolia Hook. ex Wall.; Microcarpaea spathulata Hook.; Paederota minima Wight ex Wall.; Peltimela cuneata Raf.; Peplidium capense Spreng.; Peplidium diandrum (L.) Voigt.;

Plant Common Name : Two-anther Mud-mat, small mud-mat

Plant Family : Phrymaceae

Description : Small tufted herbs. Flower pinkish - white axillary. Capsule 0.2 cm across, enclosed in persistent calyx. Grow in flowing water. Small submerged rooted hydrophyte seen in waterbodies and rivers and streams around the world. grow smaller (approximately 1/2 inch) with linear leaves; Its flowers are 1/8 of an inch in diameter.

Plant Location in Melghat : Semadoh

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Plant's Current Status : Red List Category - Least Concern

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395 - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/227263 - http://theaquaticplantsociety.org/glossostigma_diandrum_small_mud_mat/

Reference : ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Asteridae
Order : Scrophulariales
Family : Phrymaceae
Genus : Glossostigma Wight & Arn. - glossostigma
Species : Glossostigma diandrum (L.) Kunze - mudmats

Glossostigma diandrum (L.) Kunze - mudmats