Cyperus compressus L.

 
  • 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 brachiatus Poir.; Cyperus caffer G.Bertol.; Cyperus compressus var. brachiatus (Poir.) Nees; Cyperus compressus var. capillaceus C.B.Clarke; Cyperus compressus var. compositus J.Presl & C.Presl; Cyperus compressus f. depauperatus Domin; Cyperus compressus var. floribundus E.G.Camus; Cyperus compressus var. laxus E.G.Camus; Cyperus compressus subsp. micranthus T.Koyama; Cyperus compressus var. pectiniformis (Schult.) C.B.Clarke; Cyperus compressus var. simplex J.Presl & C.Presl; Cyperus dilutus f. decolorans Kük.; Cyperus giraudyi Steud.; Cyperus meyenii Nees & Arn.; Cyperus pectinatus Roxb.; Cyperus pectiniformis Schult.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cyperus compressus L.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Vusumani hullu (Kannada)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Along banks of river and wasteland
  • Comments / notes : On hills about 1000m; along streams, fallow fields
  • Flower, Fruit : September-January
  • Collector(s) Name : D.H.Nicolson, S.S.Hooper, Cecil J. Saldanha, K.N.Gandhi; Raja K. Swamy
  • Collection Date : 23-10-1971, 02-01-2016, 15-11-2010
  • Collection Nos : HFP 2268, HJCB-E- 342, FAP 37858
  • Collection Locality : Bagi, Hassan district; Batrepalli, Anantapur district; Rachakuntapalli, Kadapa district
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Anantapur district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
    • Odisha : Cuttack district, Puri district, Khurda district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Sambalpur district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Lohit, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
    • Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
  • Native : Afghanistan, Alabama, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Arkansas, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caroline Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Repu,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Cosmopolitan
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • 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
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan
    • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore
    • Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi
    • N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 254
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cyperus compressus. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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