Herbarium JCB

Schoenoplectiella articulata (L.) Lye

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 articulatus L.
Synonym(s) : Schoenoplectus articulatus (L.) Palla
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Schoenoplectiella articulata (L.) Lye
Vernacular name : Poppangorai (Tamil); Mwala (Marathi); Chelli (Malayalam)
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Wet fallow fields and grasslands
Comments / notes : Often on plains, gregarious in marshy places.
Flower, Fruit : June-April
Distribution :
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Mysuru district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Ernakulam district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district
- Maharashtra : Akola district, Amravati district, Bhandara district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Nagpur district, Pune district, Raigad district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district, Yavatmal district
- Odisha : Common
World Distribution : Tropical Asia from India, Sri Lanka, China, Malaysia
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; 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.
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=Schoenoplectiella articulata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.