Pan India Bouquets

Drosera peltata var. lunata (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) C.B.Clarke

Family : Droseraceae
(Sundew Family)
Family (Hindi name) : KANDULESSA FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : Droseraceae
Synonym(s) : Drosera insolita Taton; Drosera lobbiana Turcz.; Drosera muscipula Royle; Drosera nipponica Masam.; Drosera peltata var. glabrata Y.Z.Ruan; Drosera peltata var. lunata (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) C.B.Clarke; Drosera peltata var. multisepala Y.Z.Ruan; Drosera peltata var. nipponica (Masam.) Ohwi ex E.H.Walker
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Drosera lunata Buch.-Ham. ex DC.
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Wet or moist ground, often in disturbed open or rocky areas, meadows, wet cliff faces, sometimes under Pinus; 900 - 4000 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Used in Ayruvedic medicine as a tonic and anti-syphilitic drug.
Flower, Fruit : June-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Tropical and subtropical Asia, East Australia
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 130
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Drosera peltata var. lunata. Downloaded on 27 September 2023.

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