Carex melanantha C.A.Mey.

 
  • 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 macrantha Boeckeler; Carex prattii Franch.; Carex regelii C.B.Clarke ex O.Fedtsch.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Carex melanantha C.A.Mey.
  • Habit : Perennial herb
  • Habitat : Moist alpine meadows, along streams; 3000 - 5100 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Perennial rhizomatous herb, spikes dark-brown to reddish-brown, densely overlapping, lowest spike occasionally remote
  • Flower, Fruit : June-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Afghanistan, Altay, East Himalaya, India, Iran, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Iran to Siberia and Himalaya
  • 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
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Carex melanantha. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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