- 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 bengalensis Roxb.; Carex bengalensis f. glauca Boeckeler ex Kuntze; Carex bengalensis var. nagporensis (C.B.Clarke) M.R.Almeida; Carex cruciata Nees; Carex cruciata var. argocarpus C.B.Clarke; Carex cruciata var. nagporensis C.B.Clarke; Carex cruciata subsp. rubrobrunnea (Ohwi) T.Koyama; Carex cruciata var. rubrobrunnea Ohwi; Carex galactolepis Nelmes; Carex hakkuensis Hayata; Carex spongocrepis Nelmes; Carex valida Nees
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Carex cruciata Wahlenb.
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : Rare along roadsides and along forest fringes.
- Key identification features : Perennial herbs; Rhizomes slender; Leaves clustered at base; Inflorescence paniculate-fasciculate; spikelets numerous, purplish-brown; female glumes reddish-brown dotted; Utricles sparsely hairy; Nuts ellipsoid.
- Flower, Fruit : May-March
- Distribution :
- Maharashtra : Satara district
- Odisha : Kalhandi district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, 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.: 247
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Carex cruciata. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.
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