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Cladopus hookeriana
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Family:
PODOSTEMACEAE
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Citation: Cladopus hookeriana (Tul.) Cusset., Fl. Cambod. Laos & Viet-Nam 14:72.1973; Joseph, Aquatic Angiosp. Malabar 178. 1991; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 567. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 411. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 679. 2009.
Mniopsis hookeriana Tul., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 3, 11: 105. 1849.
Podostemum hookerianus (Tul.) Wedd. in DC., Prodr. 17: 74. 1873; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 65. 1866.
Griffithella hookeriana (Tul.) Warm., Danske Vid. Selsk. Skr. ser. 6, 11: 13. 1901; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1197(838). 1925; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 300. 1995; Mathew & Satheesh, Aqua. Bot. 57: 248. 1997.
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Description:
Lithophytic herbs. Thallus variable, thread-like or disc-like, attached firmly throughout the length, bearing leafy secondary shoots. Leaves sheathing, distichous. Flowers minute, zygomorphic, bisexual, naked, emerging from a spathe; stamens 20, monadelphous; staminodes 2, linear; ovary superior, oblique, 2-locular; ovules many, on a massive placentae. Capsule nearly globose, splitting into 2 unequal lobes.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-February
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Kannur, Kasaragode, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kollam, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
On submerged rocks in streams
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Distribution:
Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
Yes
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Maniyaar, Edacode, Thenmalai, Kulathupuzha
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