- 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 bonianus Boeckeler; Pycreus substellatus E.G.Camus
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cyperus sulcinux C.B.Clarke
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Marshy fields
- Key identification features : Tufted annual herbs; Leaves shorter than stem; Inflorescence simple anthelate; spikelets linear-Ianceolate, 3-8 together, ultimately divaricate; glumes laxly imbricate, ferrugineous; Nuts with a median longitudinal depression on each face.
- Flower, Fruit : June-December
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Satara district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- Endemism : India
- World Distribution : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Henry, Chithra & Balakrishnan (1989). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 3
- Gamble, JS and Fischer CEC (1957). Fl. Pres. Madr. Vol 3
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 267
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pycreus sulcinux. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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