- 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) : Carex ovata Burm.f.; Abildgaardia compressa J.Presl & C.Presl; Abildgaardia indica (Rich.) Nees; Abildgaardia javanensis Gand.; Abildgaardia monostachya (L.) Vahl; Abildgaardia rottboelliana Nees; Cyperus caribaeus Pers.; Cyperus indicus Rich.; Cyperus monostachyos L.; Fimbristylis compressa Fern.-Vill.; Fimbristylis monostachya (L.) Hassk.; Iria caribea Steud.; Iria indica (Rich.) Schult.; Iria monostachya (L.) Kuntze; Scirpus monostachyus (L.) Kuntze; Scirpus schoenoides Roxb.; Xyris brasiliensis Spreng.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Abildgaardia ovata (Burm.f.) Kral
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Wet grasslands and marshy areas
- Flower, Fruit : June-November
- Collector(s) Name : D.H.Nicolson, S.S.Hooper, Cecil J. Saldanha, K.N.Gandhi; Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 26-10-1971, 20-11-2010
- Collection Nos : HFP 2356, HJCB-E-216
- Collection Locality : Belluru, Mandya district; Nigidi forest, Anantapur district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Kurnool district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Bidar district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Kozhikode district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Akola district, Amravati district, Bhandara district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Nashik district, Osmanabad district, Pune district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Solapur district, Thane district, Yavatmal district
- Odisha : Khurda district, Koraput district, Dhenkanal district, Ganjam district, Puri district, Kendrapara district
- Tamil Nadu : Common
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Punjab : Punjab
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Argentina, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Caroline Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Repu, China, Colombia, Comoros,
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Argentina, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Caroline Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Repu, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Florida, Free State, Ghana, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Islands, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Islands, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Islands, Windward Islands, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- 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
- 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
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 261-262
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Fimbristylis ovata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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