Carex cruciata Wahlenb.

 
  • 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 :
    • Lavicha Gavat (Marathi)
  • 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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