• 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 sanguinolentus Vahl
• Synonym(s) : Cyperus sanguinolentus subsp. cyrtostachys (Miq.) A.Kern.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pycreus sanguinolentus (Vahl) Nees
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Marshy fields
• Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 800m.
• Key identification features : Inflorescence rusty.
• Flower, Fruit : March-October
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Idukki district
  • Odisha : Khurda district, Mayurbhanj district, Keonjhar district, Ganjam district, Angul district
  • Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Salem district, Tiruvallur district, Tiruvannamalai district
• World Distribution : India, China, Malaysia, Oceania, Africa, Nepal
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; 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 sanguinolentus. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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