- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Basionym : Arundo karka Retz.
- Synonym(s) : Arundo corea Rottler ex Hook.f.; Arundo roxburghii Kunth; Arundo tecta Blanco; Arundo vallatoria L.; Calamagrostis karka (Retz.) J.F.Gmel.; Oxyanthe japonica (Steud.) Steud.; Phragmites bifarius Wight ex Hook.f.; Phragmites cinctus (Hook.f.) B.S.Sun; Phragmites karka var. cinctus Hook.f.; Phragmites laxiflorus Steud.; Phragmites nepalensis Nees ex Steud.; Phragmites roxburghii Steud.; Phragmites vallatorius (L.) Veldkamp; Sericura japonica Steud.; Trichoon karka (Retz.) Roth; Trichoon roxburghii W.Wight
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Phragmites karka (Retz.) Trin. ex Steud.
- Common name : Water reed, Tall Reed
- Vernacular name :
- Vezhamkole, Chora pullu (Malayalam)
- Perunaanal (Tamil)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Mangrove swamps and marshy areas
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 12/10/2010
- Collection Nos : FAP 41988
- Collection Locality : Gandi river banks, Kadapa district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, West Godavari district, East Godavari district
- Karnataka : Hassan district
- Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Aurangabad district, Jalgaon district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Pune district, Sangli district, Satara district
- Odisha : Common
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Cuddalore district, Madurai district, Salem district, Tiruvallur district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district
- Uttarakhand : Nainital district
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Betapur
- World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Polynesia, Australia, Tropical Asia, India, Pakistan
- 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
- 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.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla
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- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Phragmites karka. Downloaded on 1 June 2024.
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