Carex haematostoma Nees

 
  • 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 alexeenkoana Litv.; Carex bhutanica T.Koyama; Carex haematostoma var. submacrogyna Kük.; Carex kenkolensis Litv.; Carex macrogyna var. brevipedunculata (Regel) Kük. ex O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch.; Carex ustulata var. brevipedunculata Regel
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Carex haematostoma Nees
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Alpine meadows in thickets, forest margins; 2000 - 3700 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Perennial herbs; Leaves clustered at base; Spikelets linear-cylindric, chestnut-purple; glumes brown, glabrous or hairy; Utricles compressed, hairy; Nuts oblong-obovoid.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Uzbekistan
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Uzbekistan
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 250
    • 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
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 248
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Carex haematostoma. Downloaded on 2 December 2024.

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