Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) J.Presl & C.Presl

 
  • 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) : Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) J.Presl & C.Presl
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy areas
  • Flower, Fruit : July-January
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy; Raja K. Swamy; Raja K. Swamy
  • Collection Date : 02-01-2016, 15-11-2010, 16-09-2010
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-E-343; FAP 37849; FAP 40098
  • Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Anantapur district (AP); Batrepalli, Anantapur district (AP); Kalasamudram, Anantapur district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Tumakuru district, Mysuru district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Alappuzha district
    • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Nashik district, Osmanabad district, Pune district, Raigad district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Throughout Odisha
    • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • World Distribution : Cosmopolitan
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district
    • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore district
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
    • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eleocharis atropurpurea. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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