Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl

 
  • Family : CYPERACEAE
    (Sedge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Cyperaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Eleocharis dichotoma (L.) H.Karst.; Isolepis dichotoma (L.) Kunth; Scirpus dichotomus L.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vahl
  • Key identification features : Annual herbs; Leaves usually shorter than stem; Anthela simple to decompound ; spikelets ovoid-globose; Nuts obovoid, shortly stipitate.
  • Flower, Fruit : June- October
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Near Phensong, on way to Lachung, Tingbong, Gezing, Rangpo - Teesta, Gangtok, Chungthang - Lachung, Temi, Dikchu
  • Native : Afghanistan, Alabama, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Argentina, Arizona, Arkansas, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan, Alabama, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Argentina, Arizona, Arkansas, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Central American Pac, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gilbert Islands, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kazan-retto, Kentucky, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Islands, Leeward Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Marianas, Marquesas, Maryland, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norfolk Islands, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Islands, Socotra, South Carolina, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Islands, Turks-Caicos Islands, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, Wallis-Futuna Islands, Windward Islands, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Literature :
    • Hajra, P. K., & Verma, D. M. (1996). Flora of Sikkim Vol. 1 (Monocotyledons). Botanical Survey of India. Pg.: 220
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Fimbristylis dichotoma. Downloaded on 1 July 2024.

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