Murdannia esculenta (Wallich ex C.B. Clarke) R.S. Rao & Kammathy (1961: 394) 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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Murdannia esculenta (Wallich ex C.B. Clarke) R.S. Rao & Kammathy (1961: 394) Pl.
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7. Murdannia esculenta (Wallich ex C.B. Clarke) R.S. Rao & Kammathy (1961: 394) Pl. View in CoL 1F; 4F; 8C, D

Capsule oblong to elliptic, 5–7 × 2–3 mm. Seeds 4 or 5 per locule, uniseriate, ovate to rectangular, 1–1.5 × 1–1.2 mm; testa smooth with raised, flattish, light brown warts and ridges on all surface; hilum elliptic to linear; embryotega semidorsal.

Specimens examined: –– Karnataka, Coorg district , Devgiri, Bill Hills, s.die, E . Barnes s.n. ( DD) . Kerala, Palakkad district, Nelliyampathy hills, 10 September 2003, Santhosh Nampy & Joby Paul 5113 ( DEV) . Tamil Nadu, Theni district, High wavy mountains, May 1917, Blatter & Hallberg 839, 846 ( CAL); Ibid. , 8 May 1925, K . C . Jacob 17571 ( MH). Tiruchirapalli district , s.loc., 2 November 1914, K . C . Jacob 11394 ( MH) .

E

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

DD

Forest Research Institute, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education

DEV

St. Joseph's College

CAL

Botanical Survey of India

K

Royal Botanic Gardens

C

University of Copenhagen

MH

Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel

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