Carex filicina

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	LILIOPSIDA	CYPERALES	CYPERACEAE

Scientific Name:	Carex filicina
Species Authority:	Nees
Synonym/s:	Carex caricina (D.Don) Ghildyal & U.C.Bhattach.
Taxonomic Notes:

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2011
Assessor/s:	Rehel, S.
Reviewer/s:	Gunaga, S., Rao, M.L.V. & Juffe Bignoli, D.
Contributor/s:	Molur, S.
Justification: Carex filicina is a wide spread species, is common, with no major widespread threats known. Therefore this plant is categorised as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Carex filicina is a native species to south and Southeast Asia. In India it is distributed in Goa, Diu and Damam, Maharasthra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Countries:	Native: Bhutan; China (Yunnan); India (Andhra Pradesh, Dadra-Nagar-Haveli, Daman, Diu, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Indonesia (Jawa); Malaysia; Nepal; Sri Lanka
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Population [top]

Population:	This is a common and widespread species.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is found growing on swamps and marshes, in shady areas of moist forests. It grows in clumps.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This is a widespread species with no major threats known.

Major Threat(s):

This is a widespread species with no major threats known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is present within Agasthyamala hills and Silent Valley in southern Western Ghats, and the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, Khangchendzonga Biosphere, Mahananda-Neora Valley Reserve, on the Nepal side of KBR and BRS adjoining KCA, Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary, Senchal-Mahanand, Singhalila-Senchal in the Himalayan region.

Conservation Actions:

It is present within Agasthyamala hills and Silent Valley in southern Western Ghats, and the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, Khangchendzonga Biosphere, Mahananda-Neora Valley Reserve, on the Nepal side of KBR and BRS adjoining KCA, Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary, Senchal-Mahanand, Singhalila-Senchal in the Himalayan region.

Citation:	Rehel, S. 2011. Carex filicina. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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