Scleria neesii Kunth

 
  • Family : CYPERACEAE
    (Sedge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CYPERACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Scleria neesii Kunth
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy areas in grasslands
  • Key identification features : Copiously hairy annual herb. Hairs 1-1.5 mms long, greyish and spreading. Leaves mostly basal. Mouth of the leaf sheath with a narrow brown band. Inflorescence dense, sub-globose, terminal cluster of spikelets. Nuts globose
  • World Distribution : Indo-Malesia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : 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=Scleria neesii. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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