Rhynchospora corymbosa (L.) Britton

 
  • Family : CYPERACEAE
    (Sedge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Cyperaceae
  • Basionym : Scirpus corymbosus L.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rhynchospora corymbosa (L.) Britton
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Wet grasslands, open marshes
  • Comments / notes : Rare, often on hills above 900m, in marsh.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-December
  • Collector(s) Name : T.P.Ramamoorthy
  • Collection Date : 08/07/1970
  • Collection Nos : HFP 306
  • Collection Locality : Mankanahalli, Bisle ghat, Hassan district
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Sindhudurg district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Islands, Central African Repu, Chad, Chin
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Cosmopolitan
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari 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.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 267-268
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rhynchospora corymbosa. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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