- 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 dubius (Rottb.) Kük. ex G.E.C.Fischer
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cyperus dubius Rottb.
- Common name : Star Sedge
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Deciduous forests, wastelands and roadsides
- Comments / notes : Often on hills above 500m on bare slopes
- Flower, Fruit : August-October
- Collector(s) Name : R. Raghavendra Rao; Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh & K. Sankara Rao
- Collection Date : 29-06-1972; 26-10-2014
- Collection Nos : R.R. Rao 2017; HJCB-0399
- Collection Locality : M.M. Hills, Chamarajanagar district (KA); Tirumala Hills, Chittoor district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, West Godavari district
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Mysuru district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Cuttack district, Ganjam district, Puri district, Khurda district, Sambalpur district, Dhenkanal district
- Tamil Nadu : Plains from the coast
- Native : Africa, Tropical Asia, Australia
- World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Australia, India, Sri lanka, China, 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; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; 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 dubius. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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