- 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) : Mariscus cyperinus (Retz.) Vahl; Mariscus cyperinus var. bengalensis C.B.Clarke
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cyperus cyperinus (Retz.) Valck.Sur.
- Common name : Old Gold flat Sedge
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Degraded Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 1000m.
- Flower, Fruit : June-October
- Collector(s) Name : T.P.Ramamoorthy; Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 10-7-1970, 12-9-2014
- Collection Nos : HFP 361, HJCB-E-354
- Collection Locality : Byrapura, Hassan district; Melpatti Reserve forest, Vellore district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Kurnool district, West Godavari district
- Karnataka : Hassan district
- Kerala : Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district
- Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Sindhudurg district, Satara district
- Tamil Nadu : Vellore districtR
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Caroline Islands, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Easter Islands, Fiji, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, N
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Caroline Islands, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Easter Islands, Fiji, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Islands, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Islands, Yemen
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- 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.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 266
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cyperus cyperinus. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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