Carex phacota Spreng.

 
  • Family : CYPERACEAE
    (Sedge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CYPERACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Carex phacota Spreng.
  • Common name : Lakeshore sedge
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy areas in Evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 1400m, in marshy places.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-April
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Kalhandi district
  • Native : Southeast Asia
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Thailand, China, Korea, Formosa, Ryukyu , Japan, Malaysia
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; 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.
  • 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=Carex phacota. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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