- 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 :
- 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 7 September 2024.
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