Rhynchospora corymbosa (L.) Britton

 
  • 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 corymbosus L.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Rhynchospora corymbosa (L.) Britton
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Wet grasslands, open marshes
  • Comments / notes : Rare, often on hills above 900m, in marsh.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-December
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Sindhudurg district
  • Native : Africa, Asia
  • World Distribution : Pantropical
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature : R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; 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.
  • 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=Rhynchospora corymbosa. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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