Fuirena uncinata (Willd.) Kunth

 
  • Family : CYPERACEAE
    (Sedge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Cyperaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Fuirena uncinata (Willd.) Kunth
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Wet and moist sandy fields
  • Comments / notes : Scattered in open moist places and along coasts; Often on plains to about 1000m, in perennially moist places, locally abundant in fallow fields.
  • Flower, Fruit : January-September
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Alappuzha district
    • Maharashtra : Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district
    • Odisha : Puri district, Ganjam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Cuddalore district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Salem district, Tirunelveli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district
  • Native : Tropics and Sub-tropics
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • 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
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
    • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Fuirena uncinata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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Herbarium Specimen(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

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