Vahlia digyna (Retz.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 227 227 1891. (syn: Bistella digyna (Retz.) Bullock (Unresolved); Cyrilla viscosa K.D.Koenig ex Wight & Arn.; Haloragis jerosoides H. Perrier; Oldenlandia decumbens Spreng.; Russelia viscosa Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. (Unresolved); Vahlia menyharthii Schinz; Vahlia ramosissima DC.; Vahlia sessiliflora DC.; Vahlia viscosa Roxb.);
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I saw this small herb in a fallow field yesterday (22.12.13) in Thane dist, near Tungareshwar WLS. Vahlia digyna (Retz.) Kuntze (= V. viscosa Roxb.), (= Bistella digyna (Retz.) Bullock); Fam: Vahliaceae. It is often confused with Oldenlandia. It belongs to polyptalous family Many thanks, that seems to be the correct id. This is available in moist places, falow paddy fields. It is reported in flora of Tamil nadu yes, seen in sandy riverbeds too …, I wonder if it is Vahlia. Can you pls check if it is Aizoon canariensis of Aizoaceae? I think that’s unlikely since 1) Aizoon is a prostrate or diffuse plant 2) it is a dry area plant. . Please identify this marshy area plant : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) – 1 mb.
This plan was collected from Kuchchh district of Gujarat from marshy area.
Vahlia digyna perhaps Saxifragaceae member vahalia. . Vahlia digyna in FOI : 2 posts by 2 authors. Thanks, corrected. |