• Family : CYPERACEAE
  (Sedge Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : CYPERACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cyperus nutans Vahl
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Degraded forests
• Flower, Fruit : September-April
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 15/11/2010
• Collection Nos : FAP 37850
• Collection Locality : Batrepalli RF, Anantapur district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, West Godavari district
  • Kerala : Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district
  • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Dhule district, Kolhapur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Bolangir district, Ganjam district, Sambalpur district, Koraput district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Salem district, Tirunelveli district; Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills, Kalrayan Hills, Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Chitteri Hills, Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills, Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
• Native : Africa, Australia and Asia.
• World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Asia
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : 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; Henry, Chithra & Balakrishnan (1989). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 3; Matthew, K.M., 1983. The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2); 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 nutans. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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