Murdannia simplex (Vahl) Brenan (1952: 186) Pl.

Antony, Anna Ancy & Nampy, Santhosh, 2014, Taxonomic significance of capsule and seed characters of Indian species of Murdannia Royle (Commelinaceae), Phytotaxa 178 (1), pp. 1-22 : 12

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.178.1.1

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Murdannia simplex (Vahl) Brenan (1952: 186) Pl.
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20. Murdannia simplex (Vahl) Brenan (1952: 186) Pl. View in CoL 3B; 6B; 11C, D

Capsule ovate to subglobose, 4–5.5 × 2.5–3.5 mm. Seeds 2 per locule, uniseriate, ovate to elliptic, 2–2.5 × 1–1.7 mm; testa foveolate to scrobiculate, white flaky material in the depressions, finely granular; hilum linear to oblong; embryotega semidorsal.

Specimens examined:–– Karnataka, Chickmagalur district, Bababudangiri, s.die, E. Barnes s.n. (DD). Kerala, Wayanad district, Muthanga, 29 November 2002, Joby 889 (DEV). Maharashtra, Satara district, Kass, 22 November 2008, Anna Ancy Antony & Santhosh Nampy 2357 (DEV). Meghalaya, Jaintia hills district, Jowai, 7 September 2011, Anna Ancy Antony & Santosh Nampy 4621; Ibid., 9 September 2009, Anna Ancy Antony & Santhosh Nampy 2383 (DEV). Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Anamalais, 10 October 1901, C.A. Barber 3680 (MH); Ibid., September 1961, J. Joseph 13316 (MH).

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Commelinales

Family

Commelinaceae

Genus

Murdannia

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Gesneriaceae

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