• 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 diffusus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler; Cyperus diffusus Vahl
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cyperus diffusus Vahl
• Common name : Dwarf Umbrella Grass
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Marshy areas of Evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : Grows as forest undergrowth, not common.
• Flower, Fruit : December-August
• Collector(s) Name : Saldanha
• Collection Date : 17-12-1969
• Collection Nos : CJS 15857
• Collection Locality : Shiradi Ghat
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : Kolar district, Hassan district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Cuttack district, Dhenkanal district, Keonjhar district, Kalhandi district, Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : 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 : Tropical Asia
• World Distribution : Indo-Malesia to Pacific Islands and east Asia
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; 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 pubisquama. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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