Diplacrum caricinum R.Br.

 
  • Family : CYPERACEAE
    (Sedge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CYPERACEAE
  • Synonym(s) : Scleria caricina (R. Br.) Benth
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Diplacrum caricinum R.Br.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy areas
  • Comments / notes : Rare in shaded places
  • Flower, Fruit : October-November
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Sindhudurg district
  • Native : India, Southeast Asia
  • World Distribution : Tropical Asia and 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; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
  • 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=Diplacrum caricinum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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