Fimbristylis falcata (Vahl) Kunth

 
  • 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) : Iria falcata (Vahl) Kuntze; Isolepis falcata (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.; Scirpus falcatus Vahl
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Fimbristylis falcata (Vahl) Kunth
  • Common name : West Indian Fimbry
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Grasslands
  • Comments / notes : Occasional on hills on the floor of scrub jungles.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-October
  • Collector(s) Name : S.S.Hooper, Cecil J. Saldanha; Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 4-12-1971, 15-5-1969
  • Collection Nos : SJC 18098, CJS 13512
  • Collection Locality : Nandi hills, Chikkaballapur district; Alur-Belur road, Hassan district
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Idukki district, Kottayam district, Kollam district
    • Maharashtra : Chandrapur district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Osmanabad district, Pune district, Sindhudurg district
    • Odisha : Kalhandi district
    • Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Chitteri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district, former North Arcot), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivagangai district), Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villupuram district), Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot)
    • Chattisgarh : Bastar district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Comoros, India, Madagascar, Mozambique Channel I, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Comoros, India, Madagascar, Mozambique Channel I, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • 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
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 261
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Fimbristylis falcata. Downloaded on 6 December 2024.

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