Eleocharis congesta D. Don

 
  • 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) : Scirpus congestus (D.Don) Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eleocharis congesta D.Don
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy areas, banks of rivers
  • Comments / notes : Often on plains in discrete clumps and in fallow marshy lands by rivers
  • Flower, Fruit : October-January
  • Collector(s) Name : T.P.Ramamoorthy
  • Collection Date : 26/01/1971
  • Collection Nos : HFP 1302
  • Collection Locality : Near Uchangi, Hassan district
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Davanagare district, Hassan district, Uttara Kannada district, Mysuru district, Kodagu (Coorg) district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Idukki district, Kollam district
    • Odisha : Throughout Odisha
    • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
    • 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 : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Caroline Islands, China, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Kuril Islands, Malaya, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Primorye, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Caroline Islands, China, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Kuril Islands, Malaya, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Primorye, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • 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
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere district
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 258-259
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eleocharis congesta. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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India Distribution

World Distribution

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