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A. Habit; B. Flower; C. Stamen; D. Staminode; E. Pistil; F. Capsule; G. Dorsal Murdannia gigantea: & ventral view of seeds. All drawn from . Illustration by Mayur Nandikar. Nandikar M.D. 1102a
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A taxonomic revision of the genus Murdannia (Commelinaceae) in India is presented based on field and
herbarium studies. Twenty-seven of the fifty-five species in the genus are recognized and it becomes the
first largest genus in Indian Commelinaceae. Detailed descriptions of all species including key,
illustrations, distributions, specimen citation...
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... Brownish-yellow terminal cymes can be seen. Brownish-yellow, oblong, and pointed petals are present [20] . ...
In Kerala's native culture, sacred groves are referred to as "Kavu" and have long been used as archives for traditional knowledge and biodiversity. Many medicinal plants with strong pharmacological properties can be found in these distinctive habitats, and they have historically provided local populations with medicine. Studying the pharmacological significance of plants from Kerala's sacred groves will help us to gain a better understanding of the value of nature-based therapies in a time when both natural resources and traditional knowledge systems are more crucial than ever. This comprehensive review article seeks to study wide variety of medicinal plants present in Kerala's sacred groves, including Murdannia pauciflora, Osbeckia muralis and Indoneesiella echioides, offering light on their historical use and pharmacological qualities that have been proven.
... Mts.: 403.1840) described the genus Murdannia based on Aneilema scapiflorum Roxb., a synonym of M. edulis (Stokes) Faden. After critical examination of the plant parts and based on relevant literature (Nandikar & Gurav, 2015), the species was identified as Murdannia edulis (Stokes) Faden, which forms a new record to Tripura State, and hence reported. ...
... juncoids, and M. nimmoniana var. sahyadrica (Faden, 2000;Nandikar and Gurav, 2015;Martins-Morais, 2018), although it has been reported that some species of the genera Amischotolype, Coleotrype, Gibasoides, Porandra, Tinantia, Aneilema, and Commelina have flowers with curved styles (Evans et al., 2000). To our knowledge, there are no reports of andromonoecious Commelinaceae species presenting enantiostyly. ...
... Brownish-yellow terminal cymes can be seen. Brownish-yellow, oblong, and pointed petals are present [20] . ...
In Kerala's native culture, sacred groves are referred to as "Kavu" and have long been used as archives for traditional knowledge and biodiversity. Many medicinal plants with strong pharmacological properties can be found in these distinctive habitats, and they have historically provided local populations with medicine. Studying the pharmacological significance of plants from Kerala's sacred groves will help us to gain a better understanding of the value of nature-based therapies in a time when both natural resources and traditional knowledge systems are more crucial than ever. This comprehensive review article seeks to study wide variety of medicinal plants present in Kerala's sacred groves, including Murdannia pauciflora, Osbeckia muralis and Indoneesiella echioides, offering light on their historical use and pharmacological qualities that have been proven.
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... It is represented by c. 55 species and distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa (Govaerts & Faden, 2015). In India, the genus is represented by c. 27 species, of which 7 species viz., Murdannia assamica Nampy & A. Ancy, M. saddlepeakensis Ramana & Nandikar, M. brownii Nandikar & Gurav, M. (Nandikar et al., 2015). Recently, Murdania ugemugei Kamble & al. (2016) (Chowdhury et al. 2015). ...
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Murdannia spirata var. parviflora new records india
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... constitutes a new record to Indian Commelinaceae (Nandikar & Gurav, 2015). The detailed description, photographic illustration, along with relevant notes and key of all varieties of this species are provided herewith. ...
... Nevertheless, Murdannia can be easily differentiated from Aneilema and Commelina by its flowers commonly enantiostylous, petals sessile and equal to subequal, three antesepalous stamens (one sometimes staminodial), three antepetalous staminodes, 3-lobed antherodes, capsules always equally 3-locular, and 3-valved (Brenan 1952(Brenan , 1966Faden 1998). The genus has a Pantropical and Warm Temperate distribution, being especially diverse in Asia, where most (more than 50%) of the accepted species and morphological diversity are known to occur (Nandikar 2013;Ancy 2014;Ancy and Nampy 2014;Nandikar and Gurav 2015). Most recent studies on Murdannia have focused on the Paleotropical species, especially the Asian (e.g . ...
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... Nomenclatural notes. Nandikar and Gurav (2015) designated the specimen at CAL (CAL0000025807) as the lectotype for A. triquetrum. Nevertheless, after analyzing the specimen, comparing it to the protologue and to the remaining specimens, it became clear that the specimen at CAL is not conspecific to the specimens at B, E and GDC. ...
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... Recently, Nampy andJoby (2003, 2008), Joby et al. (2011), Nandikar and Gurav (2011), Nampy (2012, 2014), Nampy et al. (2012), Joby (2013, 2015) and Ramana et al. (2013) have studied the genus in India. Th e updated status of the genus in India includes 27 species (Nandikar and Gurav 2015) even though many of them are cryptic. During a fl oristic investigation in the riparian area of the Kadambrayar river and in the Kakkanad wetland region in Ernakulam district of Kerala state, a species of Murdannia was collected. ...
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Murdannia nampyana sp. nov. (Commelinaceae), collected from a marshy riparian area by the Kadambrayar River, near Bhramapuram Diesel Power Project, Kakkanad, Ernakulam district, Kerala is described. The new species can be distinguished from the similar species M. spirata G.Brückn. by its creeping habit, up to 1.5 m long with no definite base (vs erect, ascending, decumbent habit, with or without definite base), 1.1–2.2 cm wide flower diameter (vs 0.65–0.80 cm), petals 1.1 × 0.5–0.7 cm (vs 0.35–0.40 × 0.25–0.35 cm), 0.6–0.5–0.9 cm long stamen filaments (vs 0.06–0.15 cm), 0.20–0.25 cm long staminode filaments, (vs 0.06–0.15 cm), 2–3 smooth seeds per locule, with ridges and furrows and 1–2 small ventral depression on both side of the linear hilum and dorsal embryotega (vs 3–4 verrucose seeds per locule, with ridges and warts, 1–3 deep ventral pits on both side of elliptic hilum, edges of pits surrounded by warts, brownish powdery material in the testa and semidorsal embryotega).
