Lipocarpha sphacelata (Vahl) Kunth

 
  • 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) : Lipocarpha gracilis (Rich. ex Pers.) Nees
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Lipocarpha gracilis (Rich. ex Pers.) Nees
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Damp grassy places in the plains and wet fields
  • Flower, Fruit : October-November
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
  • Collection Date : 16-09-2010; 02-01-2016
  • Collection Nos : FAP 40090; HJCB-E-341; FAP 37857
  • Collection Locality : Kalasamudram, Anantapur district (AP); Batrepalli, Anantapur district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Belagavi district, Ballari district, Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district
    • Maharashtra : Chandrapur district, Nagpur district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Sambalpur district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Madurai district, Pudukkottai district, Ramanathapuram district, Salem district, Tiruvallur district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district, Tiruvannamalai district
  • World Distribution : Pantropical
  • 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. ; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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.; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Henry, Chithra & Balakrishnan (1989). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 3
  • 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=Lipocarpha sphacelata. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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