Plantaginaceae
Dopatrium

Dopatrium junceum (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth.

First published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1770 [4] (1835)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa to Central China and N. Australia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/168974/84008031

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Scrophulariaceae, S.A. Ghazanfar, F.N. Hepper & D. Philcox. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008

Type
Type: India, Roxburgh 1798 (K!, holo.)
Morphology General Habit
Erect annual herb 4–28 cm high, usually with several stems from the base, simple or sparingly branched, fleshy
Morphology Leaves
Lower leaves ovate-lanceolate, 8–30 mm long, 2–5 mm wide, sessile, apex obtuse, margins entire, with a strong marginal vein; cauline leaves ovate, decreasing in size and becoming scale-like bracts above, glabrous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers solitary in axils, the lower flowers sessile and cleistogamous, upper flowers pedicellate and perfect; pedicels 6–9 mm long, filiform
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx ± 2 mm long, teeth 1 mm long, glabrous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla purplish-blue or white, corolla tube campanulate, ± 3 mm long, limb 4–6 mm in diameter
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule globose, 2–3 mm in diameter, with remains of the persistent style
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds minute
Figures
Fig 19: 1–3, p 52
Ecology
Temporary muddy clay pools; 250–1450 m
Conservation
Least Concern (LC)
Distribution
Flora districts: K4 T6 T7 T8 Range: Widespread in tropical Africa and in Asia extending east to Japan and south to Australia
[FTEA]

Uses

Use
None recorded on specimens from our area
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0