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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH142 : Anagallis pumila Sw.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 285  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Primulales
Family : Primulaceae - Primrose Family
Genus : Anagallis L. - pimpernel
Species : Anagallis pumila Sw. - Florida pimpernel
Plant Location in Melghat : In open grasslands at higher elevations  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : UNCOMMON  
Plant Family : Primulaceae  

 
Plant Common Name : -
 
Synonym : Anagallis alba Buch.-Ham. ex Steud.
Anagallis nana Schinz
Anagallis ovalis Ruiz & Pav.
Anagallis pedunculata Salzm. ex Duby [Invalid]
Anagallis pumila var. compacta A.St.-Hil. & Girard
Anagallis pumila var. distans A.St.-Hil. & Girard
Anagallis pumila var. elongata A.St.-Hil. & Girard
Anagallis pumila var. linum-stellatum A.St.-Hil. & Girard
Anagallis pumila var. longipedunculata (Chodat & Hassl.) R.Knuth
Anagallis pumila var. ovalis (Ruiz & Pav.) R.Knuth
Centunculus indicus Royle
Centunculus pentandrus R.Br.
Centunculus pentandrus var. compactus (A.St.-Hil. & Girard) Miq.
Centunculus pentandrus var. distans (A.St.-Hil. & Girard) Miq.
Centunculus pentandrus var. elongatus (A.St.-Hil. & Girard) Miq.
Centunculus pentandrus var. linum-stellatum (A.St.-Hil. & Girard) Miq.
Centunculus pentandrus f. longipedunculatus Chodat & Hassl.
Centunculus pentandrus var. stellatus (A.St.-Hil.) Chodat & Hassl.
Centunculus pumilus (Sw.) Kuntze
Centunculus pumilus var. ovalis (Ruíz & Pav.) Kuntze
Centunculus pumilus var. pentandrus (R.Br.) Kuntze
Centunculus tenellus Duby
Centunculus varians Baudo
Micropyxis elongata Duby
Micropyxis pumila (Sw.) Duby
Micropyxis pumila var. ovalis (Ruiz & Pav.) Duby


Description : Glabrous herbs, to 7 cm high. Leaves alternate, opposite below, to 8 x 4 mm, obovate, acute, shortly petiolate. Flowers small, white, solitary, axillary; pedicel 8 mm long, slender; calyx lobes 5, free, 1.5 mm long; corolla 3 mm across, campanulate, lobes 5, obovate, 3 mm long; stamens 5, free; ovary 1-celled; ovules many, on free central placenta; style short, stigma hairy. Capsule 3 mm across, many-seeded.
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :