• 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 14 November 2024.

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