Fimbristylis tenera Schult.

 
  • 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 tenera (Schult.) Kuntze; Scirpus tenellus Roxb.; Trichelostylis tenella Nees; Fimbristylis glabra Hochst. ex Steud.; Fimbristylis muricatula Steud.; Fimbristylis oxylepis Steud.; Fimbristylis tenera var. oxylepis (Steud.) C.B.Clarke
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Fimbristylis tenera Schult.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Grasslands, wet rocky areas in deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Common
  • Flower, Fruit : July-January
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
  • Collection Date : 16/09/2010
  • Collection Nos : FAP 40135; FAP 40093; HFP 2251, HFP 2553
  • Collection Locality : Kalasamudram, Anantapur district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Dakshina Kannada district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district
    • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Akola district, Amravati district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, OSM, Raigad district, Satara district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Sambalpur district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri
  • Native : Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  • 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
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 262
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Fimbristylis tenera. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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