Carex alta Boott

 
  • 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 remota subsp. alta (Boott) Kük.; Vignea alta (Boott) Soják; Carex alta var. latialata Kük.; Carex brizopyrum Kunze; Carex imbricata Kük.; Carex remota var. brizopyrum (Kunze) Boeckeler; Carex squamata V.I.Krecz.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Carex alta Boott
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Grassland slopes, wet places in dense forests; 1500 - 2500 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Perennial herbs; Leaves clustered at base; Inflorescence ovoid, subglobose spicate; spikelets 6-20; female glumes reddish-brown; Nuts shortly stipitate, ovoid-oblong, yellowish- brown.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-July
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bhutan, China, India, Jawa, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bhutan, China, India, Jawa, Tibet, Vietnam
  • 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
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 246
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Carex alta. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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