മർഡാന്നിയ

ഏകബീജപത്ര സസ്യങ്ങളിലുള്ള കൊമ്മെലിനേസീ കുടുംബത്തിലെ ഒരു ജനുസാണ് മർഡാന്നിയ (Murdannia). ഈ കുടുംബത്തിൽ ഏകവർഷികളും ബഹുവർഷികളും കാണപ്പെടുന്നുണ്ട്. കൊമ്മെലിനേസീ കുടുംബത്തിലെ ഏറ്റവും കൂടുതൽ അംഗങ്ങളുള്ള ജനുസ്സാണിത്. കുടുംബത്തിലെ മറ്റ് വർഗ്ഗങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് അവയുടെ മൂന്നു ഇതളുകളുളള കുന്തമുനയുടെ ആകൃതിയിലുളള ആന്ത്രോയിഡുകൾ ഈ ജീനസിനെ വളരെയെളുപ്പത്തിൽ തിരിച്ചറിയാൻ കഴിയുന്നു.^[3] മർഡാന്നിയ കീസക്, എം. നുഡിഫ്ലോറ, എം. സ്പിറാറ്റാ എന്നീ മൂന്ന് ഇനങ്ങൾ അമേരിക്കൻ ഐക്യനാടുകളിൽ സ്വദേശീയമായിത്തീർന്നിട്ടുണ്ട്.^[4][5][6]

സ്പീഷീസുകൾ ^[1]

1. Murdannia acutifolia (Lauterb. & K.Schum.) Faden - New Guinea
2. Murdannia allardii (De Wild.) Brenan - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre
3. Murdannia assamica Nampy & Ancy - Assam
4. Murdannia audreyae Faden - Sri Lanka
5. Murdannia axillaris Brenan - Kenya, Zanzibar, Pemba
6. Murdannia blumei (Hassk.) Brenan - Indian Subcontinent, Java, Myanmar, Malaya
7. Murdannia bracteata (C.B.Clarke) J.K.Morton ex D.Y.Hong - southern China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
8. Murdannia brownii Nandikar & Gurav - western India
9. Murdannia citrina D.Fang - Guangxi in China
10. Murdannia clandestina (Ridl.) Faden - Peninsular Malaysia
11. Murdannia clarkeana Brenan - Central African Republic, Chad, Kenya
12. Murdannia crocea (Griff.) Faden - India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Myanmar
13. Murdannia cryptantha Faden - New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory of Australia
14. Murdannia dimorpha (Dalzell) G.Brückn. - southern India
15. Murdannia dimorphoides Faden - Sri Lanka
16. Murdannia divergens (C.B.Clarke) G.Brückn. - southern China, Himalayas, Myanmar, Vietnam
17. Murdannia edulis (Stokes) Faden - southern China, Himalayas, Indochina, Java, Bali, Philippines, New Guinea
18. Murdannia esculenta (Wall. ex C.B.Clarke) R.S.Rao & Kammathy - India, Sri Lanka
19. Murdannia fadeniana Nampy & Joby - Kerala State in India
20. Murdannia fasciata (Warb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb.) G.Brückn. - New Guinea
21. Murdannia gardneri (Seub.) G.Brückn. - Brazil
22. Murdannia gigantea (Vahl) G.Brückn. - Madagascar, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory, New South Wales
23. Murdannia glauca (Thwaites ex C.B.Clarke) G.Brückn. - India, Sri Lanka
24. Murdannia graminea (R.Br.) G.Brückn. - Vietnam, Queensland, Northern Territory, New South Wales, Western Australia
25. Murdannia hookeri (C.B.Clarke) G.Brückn. - Assam, southern China
26. Murdannia japonica (Thunb.) Faden - China, Japan, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo
27. Murdannia juncoides (Wight) R.S.Rao & Kammathy - Kerala + Tamil Nadu in India
28. Murdannia kainantensis (Masam.) D.Y.Hong - southern China
29. Murdannia keisak (Hassk.) Hand.-Mazz. - Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands, Russia (Amur + Primorye), Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal; naturalized in parts of United States
30. Murdannia lanceolata (Wight) Kammathy - India, Sri Lanka
31. Murdannia lanuginosa (Wall. ex C.B.Clarke) G.Brückn. - southern India
32. Murdannia loriformis (Hassk.) R.S.Rao & Kammathy - China, Taiwan, Tibet, Ryukyu Islands, Bonin Islands, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Java, Philippines, New Guinea
33. Murdannia macrocarpa D.Y.Hong - Yunnan, Guangdong, Cambodia
34. Murdannia medica (Lour.) D.Y.Hong - Yunnan, Guangdong, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
35. Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan - southern China, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Western Australia, Micronesia; naturalized in Hawaii, southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America, West Indies, northern South America, Sierra Leone, Congo-Brazzaville, Cook Islands
36. Murdannia paraguayensis (C.B.Clarke ex Chodat) G.Brückn. - Paraguay, Brazil
37. Murdannia pauciflora (G.Brückn.) G.Brückn. - southern India
38. Murdannia sahyadrica Ancy & Nampy - Maharashtra
39. Murdannia satheeshiana Joby, Nisha & Unni - southern India
40. Murdannia schomburgkiana (Kunth) G.Brückn. - Guyana, Brazil
41. Murdannia semifoliata(C.B.Clarke ex S.Moore) G.Brückn. - Brazil
42. Murdannia semiteres (Dalzell) Santapau - Zaire, Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Iran, Yemen, India, Vietnam
43. Murdannia simplex (Vahl) Brenan - sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Indochina, Queensland
44. Murdannia spectabilis (Kurz) Faden - southern China, Indochina, Philippines
45. Murdannia spirata (L.) G.Brückn. - southern China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Java, Philippines; naturalized in Florida + Samoa
46. Murdannia stenothyrsa (Diels) Hand.-Mazz. - Sichuan, Yunnan
47. Murdannia striatipetala Faden - Sri Lanka
48. Murdannia stricta Brenan - Zaire, Rwanda
49. Murdannia tenuissima (A.Chev.) Brenan - tropical Africa
50. Murdannia triquetra (Wall. ex C.B.Clarke) G.Brückn. - southern China, Indochina, Himalayas
51. Murdannia undulata D.Y.Hong - Yunnan
52. Murdannia vaginata (L.) G.Brückn. - southern China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Java, Philippines, Queensland, Northern Territory
53. Murdannia versicolor (Dalzell) G.Brückn. - India, Vietnam, Philippines
54. Murdannia yunnanensis D.Y.Hong - Yunnan
55. Murdannia zeylanica (C.B.Clarke) G.Brückn. - India, Sri Lanka

Murdannia
Murdannia semiteres in Hyderabad, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Commelinaceae
Subfamily:	Commelinoideae
Tribe:	Commelineae
Genus:	Murdannia Royle, 1839
Type species
M. edulis (Stokes) Faden
Synonyms[1][2]
Baoulia A. Chev. Dichaespermum Wight Dilasia Raf. Phaeneilema G. Brückn. Prionostachys Hassk. Streptylis Raf. Ditelesia Raf. Talipulia Raf.