• Family : CYPERACEAE
  (SEDGE FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Cyperaceae
• Species : Cyperus nutans
• Variety : eleusinoides
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cyperus nutans var. eleusinoides (Kunth) Haines
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : August-September
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : 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) (Tamil Nadu State)
• World Distribution : Tropical Africa, India, Malaysia, Australia, Ryukyu
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Cyperus nutans var. eleusinoides. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.

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