Keshav Jeev-Van FoundationHarmony in Diversity
Join the Biodiversity CircleExplore Our Programmes

Plant

Dipterygium glaucum

Dipterygium glaucum

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened plants list
Dipterygium glaucum (Dipterygium glaucum)

Image: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · As stated on the file page · Resized

Scientific name
Dipterygium glaucum
Family
Cleomaceae, order Brassicales
Group
Plant

A grey-green plant of the desert dunes.

  • Spot it Branching grey-green stems with small leaves.
  • Home Sand dunes.
  • Food web Tiny insects shelter among its stems.
  • Why it matters Binds loose sand, helping hold dunes in place.
Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened plants of Rajasthan, for north-west Rajasthan.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board describes it as a undershrub of the Capparaceae family.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board's remark: found on sand dunes.[2]

Sources

  1. Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Plants of Rajasthan (55 plants) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
  2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  3. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

More in Flowering plants