• Family : CYPERACEAE
  (Sedge Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : CYPERACEAE
• Basionym : Scirpus densus Wall.
• Synonym(s) : Bulbostylis capillaris var. trifida (Nees) Clarke
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Bulbostylis densa (Wall.) Hand.-Mazz.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Grasslands, rocky hills and road cuttings
• Flower, Fruit : September-November
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 02-10-2010
• Collection Nos : FAP 40332
• Collection Locality : Batrepalli forest, Anantapur (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Kolhapur district, Pune district, Raigad district, Satara district
  • Odisha : Kalhandi district
  • Tamil Nadu : Common on plains and grass lands
• Native : Tropical Asia
• World Distribution : Africa, India, Himalayas, China, Japan, Nepal, Australia
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Herbarium specimen from Batrepalli forest, Anantapur district (AP)
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bulbostylis densa. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)