Murdannia gigantea (Vahl) G. Brückner (1930: 173) 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 : 6

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

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scientific name

Murdannia gigantea (Vahl) G. Brückner (1930: 173) Pl.
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9. Murdannia gigantea (Vahl) G. Brückner (1930: 173) Pl. View in CoL 1H; 4H; 8G, H

Capsule elliptic to ovate–elliptic, 7–10 × 5–6 mm. Seeds 2 per locule, uniseriate, ovate to elliptic, 3–4 × 2.5–3 mm; testa with flattish warts, ridges and furrows in lines radiating from embryotega or sometimes foveolate, granular; hilum linear; embryotega dorsal.

Specimens examined:––Andaman & Nicobar Islands, North & Middle Andaman district, Saddle peak, 29 September 2010, Santhosh Nampy & Manudev 3528 (DEV). Meghalaya, East Khasi hills district, Cherra, 1 August 1946, G.K. Deka 22447 (ASSAM). Jaintia Hills district, Jowai, 9 September 2009, Anna Ancy Antony & Santhosh Nampy 2380 ; Ibid., 8 September 2009, Anna Ancy Antony & Santhosh Nampy 2382 (DEV). Kerala, Kollam district, Thenmalai, 12 September 2004, Santhosh Nampy & Joby Paul 957 (DEV).

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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