• Family : POACEAE
  (Grass Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : POACEAE
• Basionym : Arundo karka Retz.
• Synonym(s) : Phragmites vallatoris (Pluk.ex L.) Veldk.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Phragmites karka (Retz.) Trin. ex Steud.
• Common name : Water reed, Tall Reed
• Vernacular name : Vezhamkole, Chora pullu (Malayalam); Perunaanal (Tamil)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Mangrove swamps and marshy areas
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 10/12/2010
• Collection Nos : FAP 41988
• Collection Locality : Gandi river banks, Kadapa district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, West Godavari district, East Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Hassan district
  • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : Aurangabad district, Jalgaon district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Pune district, Sangli district, Satara district
  • Odisha : Common
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Cuddalore district, Madurai district, Salem district, Tiruvallur district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district
• World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Polynesia, Australia, Tropical Asia, India, Pakistan
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; 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; 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=Phragmites karka. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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