- 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) : Iria schoenodes (Retz.) Kuntze; Scirpus schoenoides Retz.; Abildgaardia nervosa J.Presl & C.Presl; Eleogiton monostachya (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) A.Dietr.; Fimbristylis bispicata (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) Nees & Meyen; Fimbristylis inconstans Steud.; Fimbristylis kagiensis Hayata; Fimbristylis kunthiana Ridl.; Fimbristylis longifolia S.T.Blake; Fimbristylis schoenoides var. ciliata Ridl.; Iria bispicata (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) Kuntze; Isolepis bispicata (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) Schult.; Isolepis monostachya (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) Spreng.; Isolepis rariflora Schrad.; Scirpus bispicatus J.Koenig ex Roxb.; Scirpus monostachyos J.Koenig ex Roxb.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Fimbristylis schoenoides (Retz.) Vahl
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Sandy areas, along river banks, sea shores and also rice fields
- Comments / notes : Often on plains and to about 900m in scrub jungles.
- Flower, Fruit : August-December
- Collector(s) Name : D.H.Nicolson, S.S.Hooper, Cecil J. Saldanha, K.N.Gandhi; Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 26-10-1971, 13-10-2010, 23-12-2009
- Collection Nos : HFP 2350, HJCB-E-217, FAP 39001
- Collection Locality : Bourdalboore, Hassan district; Batrepalli, Anantapur district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Amravati district, Bhandara district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Nagpur district, Osmanabad district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Yavatmal district
- Odisha : Koraput district, Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Khurda district, Sambalpur district, Angul district, Keonjhar 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)
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, Zambia
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- 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
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 262
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Fimbristylis schoenoides. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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