- 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 polystachyos var. laxiflorus Benth.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pycreus polystachyos var. microdontus (Torr.) Govaerts
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Marshy areas in grasslands
- Comments / notes : Rare on hills about 900m.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kozhikode district, Pathanamthitta district, Thiruvananthapuram 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)
- World Distribution : Tropical and subtropical regions
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : Pullaiah, T., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 3; 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.
- 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 polystachyos var. laxiflorus. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.
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