Rhynchospora rubra (Lour.) Makino

 
  • Family : CYPERACEAE
    (Sedge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CYPERACEAE
  • Basionym : Schoenus ruber Lour.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Rhynchospora rubra (Lour.) Makino
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Sandy ground in sal forests
  • Key identification features : Perrennial with short rhizome; stems tufted, slender, trigonous or triquetrous in the upper part, striate, smooth, 10-60 cms. Leaf basal and 1-2 cauline at the base of the stem.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-October
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Kolhapur district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Sambalpur district
  • World Distribution : Widely distributed in SE Asia to Tropical Australia and Oceania, Malesia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
  • 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 rubra. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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