Fimbristylis cymosa R.Br.

 
  • 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) : Fimbristylis cymosa R.Br.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Degraded Tropical moist deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Often on hills above 500m.
  • Flower, Fruit : October-December
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Ballari district, Dakshina Kannada district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kozhikode district, Thrissur district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Bhandara district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Kendrapara district, Puri district, Khurda district, Ganjam district, Sundergarh district
  • Native : Southeast Asia, Africa, Australia
  • World Distribution : India, Malaysia, Micronesia, Polynesia, Nepal
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • 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
    • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
    • N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • 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=Fimbristylis cymosa. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

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