Scleria biflora Roxb.

 
  • 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) : Scleria biflora Roxb.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Wet grasslands and marshy areas
  • Flower, Fruit : July-October
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district
    • Maharashtra : Chandrapur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
  • Native : Tropical Asia
  • World Distribution : SE Asia
  • 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
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Scleria biflora. Downloaded on 9 December 2024.

Herbarium Specimen(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

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