Cyperus pilosus Vahl

 
  • 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 pilosus Vahl
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy areas
  • Comments / notes : Often on hills above 800m.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-November
  • Collector(s) Name : Nicolson, Hooper, Saldanha, Gandhi
  • Collection Date : 24-10-1971
  • Collection Nos : HFP 2296
  • Collection Locality : Bannuhalla, HSN dist.
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Pune district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district
    • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Koraput district, Dhenkanal district, Bolangir district, Mayurbhanj district, Sambalpur district, Ganjam district, Cuttack district
    • Tamil Nadu : Hills above 800m
  • World Distribution : Tropical Asia, Australia, West Africa
  • 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; 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 pilosus. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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