Rhynchospora rubra (Lour.) Makino

 
  • Family : CYPERACEAE
    (Sedge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Cyperaceae
  • Basionym : Schoenus ruber Lour.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rhynchospora rubra (Lour.) Makino
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Sandy ground in sal forests
  • Key identification features : Perrennial with short rhizome; stems tufted, slender, trigonous or triquetrous in the upper part, striate, smooth, 10-60 cms. Leaf basal and 1-2 cauline at the base of the stem.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-October
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Kolhapur district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Sambalpur district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Isl
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mozambique, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 268
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rhynchospora rubra. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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