• 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) : Mariscus compactus (Retz.) Bold.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cyperus compactus Retz.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Wet low lands and as a weed in rice fields
• Flower, Fruit : March-November
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, West Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Kalhandi district, Dhenkanal district, Ganjam district, Koraput district, Bolangir district, Puri district
• Native : Tropical Asia
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Malaysia
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; 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; Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cyperus compactus. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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