Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb.

 
  • 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) : Kyllinga brevifolia var brevifolia; Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb.) Hassk.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb.
  • Common name : Jointed Flatsedge
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy areas, wastelands and roadsides
  • Comments / notes : Often on plains to about 1500m.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-February
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district
  • World Distribution : Pantropical
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature : B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons; 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=Kyllinga brevifolia. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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