Kohautia

Kohautia aspera (B.Heyne ex Roth) Bremek.

(Images by Darshan Kokate (ID by Vijayasankar Raman), Inserted by Gurcharan Singh)

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Kohautia coccinea Royle (Images by Balkar Singh (ID Gurcharan Singh), Balkar Singh, Gurcharan Singh and Nidhan Singh)

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Kohautia gracilis (Wall.) DC. (Images by Gurcharan Singh (ID by D S Rawat), (inserted by Gurcharan Singh))

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BSI Flora of India Checklist Vol. 2 (Distribution):

Name	Distribution
Kohautia aspera	Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
Kohautia coccinea	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh
Kohautia gracilis	Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh
Kohautia nagporensis	Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh
Kohautia retrorsa	Maharashtra, Punjab

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BSI Flora of India Checklist Vol. 2 (Distribution):

Name	Distribution
Hedyotis acutangula	Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Hedyotis albonerva	Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Hedyotis andamanica	Andaman & Nicobar Islands (syn. of Debia andamanica (Kurz) Neupane & N.Wikstr. as per POWO)
Hedyotis angustifolia	Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland (syn. of Scleromitrion angustifolium (Cham. & Schltdl.) Benth. as per POWO)
Hedyotis articularis	ssp. articularis (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu) ssp. santapaui (B.V. Shetty & Vivek.) D.B. Deb & Ratna Dutta (Kerala)
Hedyotis auricularia	ssp. auricularia (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal) (syn. of Exallage auricularia (L.) Bremek. as per POWO) ssp. venosa (Blume) D.B. Deb (Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, West Bengal) (syn. of Exallage auricularia (L.) Bremek. as per POWO)
Hedyotis barberi	Tamil Nadu
Hedyotis beddomei	Kerala
Hedyotis bourdillonii	Kerala
Hedyotis brunonis	Assam, West Bengal (syn. of Oldenlandia monocephala Kuntze as per POWO)
Hedyotis buxifolia	Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Hedyotis capitellata	var. capitellata (syn. of Dimetia capitellata (Wall. ex G.Don) Neupane & N.Wikstr. as per POWO) var. subpubescens (Manipur) (syn. of Dimetia capitellata (Wall. ex G.Don) Neupane & N.Wikstr. as per CoL)
Hedyotis congesta	Andaman & Nicobar Islands (syn. of Hedyotis prostrata Blume as per POWO)
Hedyotis cyanantha	Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
Hedyotis devicolamensis	Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Hedyotis eualata	var. eualata (Kerala, Tamil Nadu) var. agastyamalayana A.N. Henry & Subr. (Tamil Nadu)
Hedyotis fruticosa	Kerala
Hedyotis fulva	Meghalaya (syn. of Exallage barbata (Korth.) Bremek. as per POWO)
Hedyotis gamblei	Tamil Nadu
Hedyotis hermanniana	DOUBTFUL TAXA (syn. of Leptopetalum biflorum (L.) Neupane & N.Wikstr. as per POWO)
Hedyotis hirsutissima	Tamil Nadu
Hedyotis indirae	Kerala
Hedyotis insularis	Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram (syn. of Exallage insularis (Spreng.) Neupane & N.Wikstr. as per POWO)
Hedyotis kottangathattiensis	Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan
Hedyotis kurzii	Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Hedyotis leschenaultiana	var. leschenaultiana (Tamil Nadu) var. wynaadensis (Gamble) Deb & Ratna Dutta (Tamil Nadu)
Hedyotis lineata	Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal (syn. of Exallage ulmifolia (Wall.) Bremek. as per POWO)
Hedyotis membranacea	Kerala
Hedyotis merguensis	Andamans, Mizoram, Tripura (syn. of Involucrella coronaria (Kurz) Neupane & N.Wikstr. as per POWO)
Hedyotis neesiana	Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Hedyotis paradoxa	Andaman & Nicobar Islands (syn. of Exallage paradoxa (Kurz) Bremek. as per POWO)
Hedyotis pinifolia	Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal (syn. Scleromitrion pinifolium (Wall. ex G.Don) R.J.Wang as per POWO)
Hedyotis pruinosa	Kerala
Hedyotis purpurascens	Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Hedyotis rajasekaranii	Tamil Nadu
Hedyotis ramarowii	Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Hedyotis scabra	Arunachal Pradesh, Assam (syn. of Scleromitrion scabrum(Wall. ex Kurz) Neupane & N.Wikstr. as per CoL)
Hedyotis scandens	Meghalaya, Sikkim (syn. of Dimetia scandens (Roxb.) R.J.Wang as per POWO)
Hedyotis stylosa	Tamil Nadu
Hedyotis swertioides	Kerala, Tamil Nadu
Hedyotis tetrandra	Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland
Hedyotis travancorica	Tamil Nadu
Hedyotis trimenii	Tamil Nadu
Hedyotis uncinella	Meghalaya, Sikkim
Hedyotis verticillaris	Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
Hedyotis verticillata	Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal (syn. of Scleromitrion verticillatum (L.) R.J.Wang as per POWO)
Hedyotis vestita	Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal (syn. of Exallage cristata (Willd.) Nandikar & K.C.Kishor as per POWO)
Hedyotis villosostipulata	Tamil Nadu (syn. of Oldenlandia villosostipulata Gamble as per POWO)
Hedyotis viscida	Tamil Nadu (syn. of Oldenlandia viscida (Bedd.) Kuntze as per POWO)

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BSI Flora of India Checklist Vol. 2 (Distribution):

Name	Distribution
Oldenlandia affinis	Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
Oldenlandia arenaria	Odisha (syn. of Oldenlandia stricta L. as per POWO)
Oldenlandia biflora	Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu (syn. of Leptopetalum biflorum (L.) Neupane & N.Wikstr. as per POWO)
Oldenlandia corymbosa	Andaman & Nicobar, Kerala, Jharkhand, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal
Oldenlandia diffusa	Almost throughout India (syn. of Scleromitrion diffusum (Willd.) R.J.Wang as per POWO)
Oldenlandia dineshii	Kerala
Oldenlandia erecta	Kerala (syn. of Oldenlandia corymbosa var. erecta (Manilal & Sivar.) Anandhapr. & Gnanasek. as per POWO)
Oldenlandia graminicola	Endemic to India: Andman & Nicobar Islands (syn. of Oldenlandia corymbosa var. corymbosa as per POWO)
Oldenlandia herbacea	Almost throughout India
Oldenlandia hygrophila	Kerala. Rare and probably extinct
Oldenlandia ovatifolia	Almost throughout India (syn. of Debia ovatifolia (Cav.) Neupane & N.Wikstr. as per POWO)
Oldenlandia paniculata	Maharashtra, Punjab (No distribution shown in India as per POWO)
Oldenlandia prainiana	Karnataka (syn. of Neanotis prainiana (Talbot) W.H.Lewis as per POWO)
Oldenlandia pseudocorymbosa	Almost throughout India (syn. of Oldenlandia corymbosa var. corymbosa as per POWO)
Oldenlandia pterita	Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu (syn. of Leptopetalum pteritum (Blume) Neupane & N.Wikstr. as per POWO)
Oldenlandia pumila	Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
Oldenlandia pusilla	Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal (syn. of Kohautia aspera (B.Heyne ex Roth) Bremek. as per POWO)
Oldenlandia shuteri	Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu (syn. of Oldenlandia stricta L. as per POWO)
Oldenlandia smita-crishnae	Andaman & Nicobar Island
Oldenlandia stocksii	Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Oldenlandia stricta	Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Oldenlandia trinervia	Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu (syn. of Edrastima trinervia (Retz.) Neupane & N.Wikstr. as per POWO)
Oldenlandia umbellata	Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu

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Flora of Peninsular India:
Oldenlandia affinis
Oldenlandia alata (syn. of Leptopetalum racemosum (Lam.) Shih H.Chen & M.J.Wu as per POWO)
Oldenlandia auricularia (syn. of Exallage auricularia (L.) Bremek. as per POWO)
Oldenlandia corymbosa
Oldenlandia corymbosa var. linearis
Oldenlandia diffusa (syn. of Scleromitrion diffusum (Willd.) R.J.Wang as per POWO)
Oldenlandia herbacea
Oldenlandia hygrophila
Oldenlandia nagporensis (syn. of Kohautia nagporensis (Brace ex Haines) Santapau & Merchant as per POWO)
Oldenlandia nudicaulis (syn. Debia ovatifolia (Cav.) Neupane & N.Wikstr. as per POWO)
Oldenlandia prainiana (syn. of Neanotis prainiana (Talbot) W.H.Lewis as per POWO)
Oldenlandia pumila
Oldenlandia pusilla (syn. of Kohautia aspera (B.Heyne ex Roth) Bremek. as per POWO)
Oldenlandia shuteri (syn. of Oldenlandia stricta L. as per POWO)
Oldenlandia stocksii
Oldenlandia stricta
Oldenlandia umbellata

Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 3 By T. Pullaiah, K. Sri Ramamurthy (Description & Keys-

Hedyotis affinis (syn. of Oldenlandia affinis (Roem. & Schult.) DC.),

Hedyotis aspera (syn. of Kohautia aspera (B.Heyne ex Roth) Bremek.),

Hedyotis auricularia (syn. of Oldenlandia auricularia (L.) K.Schum.),

Hedyotis biflora (syn. of Oldenlandia biflora L.),

Hedyotis brachiata (syn. of Oldenlandia attenuata (Willd.) M.R.Almeida),

Hedyotis caerulea (syn. of Hedyotis cyanantha Kurz),

Hedyotis corymbosa (syn. of Oldenlandia corymbosa L.),

Hedyotis diffusa (syn. of Oldenlandia diffusa (Willd.) Roxb.),

Hedyotis gracilis (syn. of Kohautia gracilis (Wall.) DC.),

Hedyotis graminifolia (syn. of Oldenlandia stricta L.),

Hedyotis herbacea (syn. of Oldenlandia herbacea (L.) Roxb.),

Hedyotis nitida (syn. of Hedyotis neesiana Arn.),

Hedyotis pinifolia (syn. of Oldenlandia pinifolia (Wall. ex G.Don) Kuntze),

Hedyotis puberula (syn. of Oldenlandia umbellata L.) &
Hedyotis pumila (syn. of Oldenlandia pumila (L.f.) DC.)

Keys & description from Flora of Pakistan :

Kohautia aspera (India, Pakistan (Sind & Punjab), Arabia, South and East Africa)

Kohautia coccinea (Tropical East Africa, Western temperate Himalayas and Pakistan)

Kohautia gracilis ( India, Pakistan (Baluchistan, Punjab and Hazara), Sikkim, Burma and Bengal.)
Kohautia retrorsa (Pakistan (Sind and Baluchistan) and Arabia)

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Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Distribution):
Kohautia coccinea Royle (1600-2700 m; Tropical Africa, Himalaya (Kashmir to Nepal))
Kohautia gracilis (Wall.) DC. (1500 m; Himalaya, India)

‎Kohautia page (‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Rubiaceae‎) with images of species in efloraofindia : 3 posts by 2 authors.

Pl. go through ‎Kohautia page (Rubiaceae) with images of species in efloraofindia (done by Gurcharan Singh Ji).

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Updated on December 24, 2024

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