Carex acutiformis Ehrh.

 
  • 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) : Carex dubia Hosé; Carex intermedia Suter; Carex kochiana DC.; Carex olgae Regel; Carex paludosa Gooden.; Carex rigens Thuill.; Carex riparia Geners.; Carex rufa Schrank; Carex scheuchzeri J.F.Gmel.; Carex spadicea Roth; Edritria paludosa (Gooden.) Raf.; Trasus paludosus (Gooden.) Gray
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Carex acutiformis Ehrh.
  • Common name : Swamp Sedge, Lesser pond sedge
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Open swamps, wet, open thickets, marsh edges, sedge meadows and lakeshores
  • Flower, Fruit : June-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cape Provinces, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, European Russia, Finland, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, It
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Europe, Mediterranean to Kashmir and Connecticut, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ontario
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 249
    • Dar G.H., et. al. (2012). An updated checklist of genus Carex Linnaeus (Cyperaceae) in the Indian Himalayan State of Jammu & Kashmir. Pleione 6(1): 46-55
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Carex acutiformis. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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