Pan India Bouquets

Pteracanthus alatus (Wall. ex Nees) Bremek.

Family : Acanthaceae
(Acanthus Family)
Family (Hindi name) : ARUSA FAMILY (अडूसा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Acanthaceae
Synonym(s) : Goldfussia thomsonii Hook.; Ruellia ampliata Edgew. ex Nees; Strobilanthes alata (Wall.) Nees; Strobilanthes atropurpurea var. wallichii (Nees) Kuntze; Strobilanthes latisepala Hemsl.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Strobilanthes wallichii Nees
Common name : Kashmir Acanthus
Habit : Undershrub
Habitat : Forest floor in moist fir and hemlock forest, extending upwards into open Rhododendron scrub; 1300 - 3960 m. altitude
Key identification features : Corolla glabrous; calyx 1 - 2.8 cm
Flower, Fruit : June-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district,West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : East Afghanistan to South China and Indo-China, Taiwan
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 195; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1271-1272
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Pteracanthus alatus. Downloaded on 2 October 2023.

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