Kyllinga melanosperma subsp. melanosperma

 
  • 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 melanospermus (Nees) Walcken
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Kyllinga melanosperma Nees
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy areas in grasslands
  • Comments / notes : Common on hills to about 1500m
  • Flower, Fruit : April-November
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Nagpur district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Kalhandi district
    • Tamil Nadu : Wet places on hills and plains
  • World Distribution : Tropical & sub-tropical Africa, South Asia, Fiji, Malaysia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • 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 melanosperma subsp. melanosperma. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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