Scirpus ternatanus Reinw. ex Miq.

 
  • 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) : Scirpus chinensis Munro
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Scirpus ternatanus Reinw. ex Miq.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Wet places, hillsides, valleys; 300 - 1400 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Perennial, stoloniferous herbs; Leaves scattered all along stem; Inflorescence decompound anthelate; spikelets numerous, 4-15 together, ovoid-oblong; glumes tightly imbricating; Nuts subsessile, broadly obovoid, smooth.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Tropical and Subtropical Asia
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 257
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 269
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Scirpus ternatanus. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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