Fimbristylis bisumbellata (Forssk.) Bub.

 
  • Family : CYPERACEAE
    (Sedge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Cyperaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Fimbristylis dichotoma subsp. bisumbellata (Forssk.) Luceño; Iria bisumbellata (Forssk.) Kuntze; Scirpus bisumbellatus Forssk.; Fimbristylis bisumbellata var. elata Täckh.; Fimbristylis dichotoma var. villosa Vahl; Fimbristylis liukiuensis Tuyama; Fimbristylis pallescens (Roxb.) Nees; Scirpus pallescens Roxb.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Fimbristylis bisumbellata (Forssk.) Bubani
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Grasslands, Sal forests near moist locations
  • Comments / notes : Often on plains, by side of river banks or bed to about 1300m.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Collector(s) Name : T.P.Ramamoorthy; Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy, Navendu Page
  • Collection Date : 13-04-1971, 25-02-2016
  • Collection Nos : HFP 1522, HJCB 0508
  • Collection Locality : Yettinahalla, Shiradi ghat, Hassan district; Mahanadi Wildlife sanctuary
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
    • Karnataka : Hassan district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Akola district, Amravati district, Bhandara district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Buldhana district, Nashik district, Osmanabad district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district, Yavatmal district
    • Odisha : Nayagarh district, Mayurbhanj district
    • Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills, Kalrayan Hills, Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Chitteri Hills, Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills, Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Cambodia, Canary Islands, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, China, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Ghana, Greece, In
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Cambodia, Canary Islands, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, China, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Ghana, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Vietnam, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • 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
    • 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.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 260
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Fimbristylis bisumbellata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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