Herbarium JCB

Cyperus cyperoides (L.) Kuntze

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) : Cyperus konkanensis T.Cooke; Kyllinga sumatrensis Retz.; Mariscus sumatrensis (Retz.) J.Raynal; Cyperus cyperoides var. brevispicatus Kük.; Mariscus concinnus Schrad. ex Nees
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cyperus cyperoides (L.) Kuntze
Vernacular name : Dokri (Marathi)
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Moist places in dry and moist deciduous forests and scrub jungle
Comments / notes : Rare
Flower, Fruit : July-January
Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh; K. Sankara Rao, Arun Singh & Raja K. Swamy
Collection Date : 01-11-2015; 19-11-2014
Collection Nos : HJCB-0402; HJCB-0182
Collection Locality : Gudiettam, Vellur district (TN); Palamaneru, Chittoor district (AP)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district
- Kerala : Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district
- Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Akola district, Amravati district, Bhandara district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Kolhapur district, Nashik district, Dhule district, Nagpur district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Thane district
- Odisha : Waysides, in cultivated and grasslands
- Tamil Nadu : Vellore district
World Distribution : Tropics and subtropics of Africa, Asia and Australia; introduced in the New World
Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; 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.
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 cyperoides. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.