Carex rara Boott

 
  • 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 rara var. typica Domin
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Carex rara Boott
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Perennial herbs with slender rhizomes; Leaves filiform; Spikelets solitary, terminal, linear-oblong; Utricles sub- inflated, oblique, olivaceous; Nuts ovoid, stipitate.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-April
  • Distribution :
    • Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tibet
  • Literature :
    • Henry, Chithra & Balakrishnan (1989). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 3
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 250-251
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Carex rara. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

Habitat

India Distribution

World Distribution

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