Pycreus flavescens (L.) P.Beauv. ex Rchb.

 
  • Family : CYPERACEAE
    (Sedge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CYPERACEAE
  • Basionym : Cyperus flavescens L.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pycreus flavescens (L.) P.Beauv. ex Rchb.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Wetlands
  • Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 750m and marsh fallow fields
  • Flower, Fruit : September-November
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district
    • Maharashtra : Pune district, Kolhapur district, Raigad district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
    • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district
  • World Distribution : India and north temperate regions
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature : IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; 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; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; B.D Sharma, 1984- Flora of Karnataka Analysis
  • 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=Pycreus flavescens. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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