Carex indica L.

 
  • Family : CYPERACEAE
    (Sedge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Cyperaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Carex indica L.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Flower, Fruit : September-October
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 17/12/1969
  • Collection Nos : CJS 15855
  • Collection Locality : Railway road, before Kempuhole camp, Hassan district
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district
    • Kerala : Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Kolhapur district
    • Tamil Nadu : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district)
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Tirap
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Fiji, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Marianas, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Fiji, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Marianas, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 249
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Carex indica. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.

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