- Family : CYPERACEAE
(Sedge Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Cyperaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cyperus nutans Vahl
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Degraded forests
- Key identification features : Perennial, rhizomatous, tufted herbs; Leaves shorter than stem; Anthelate compound; spikes penicilliform, dense; spikelets linear-oblong; glumes scarious in upper half; Nuts narrowly obovoid-oblong, brown.
- Flower, Fruit : September-April
- Collector(s) Name : F.M.Jarrett, T.P.Ramamoorthy; Raja K.Swamy
- Collection Date : 26-10-1970, 15-11-2010
- Collection Nos : HFP 1024, FAP 37850
- Collection Locality : Banganahalla bridge, Hassan district; Batrepalli, Anantapur district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, West Godavari district
- Kerala : Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Dhule district, Kolhapur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Bolangir district, Ganjam district, Sambalpur district, Koraput district
- Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Salem district, Tirunelveli district; Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills, Kalrayan Hills, Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Chitteri Hills, Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills, Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
- Native : Afghanistan, Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, Lakshadweep Islands, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Ph
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Afghanistan, Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, Lakshadweep Islands, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons
- Henry, Chithra & Balakrishnan (1989). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 3
- Matthew, K.M., 1983. The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2)
- 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.: 256-257
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cyperus nutans. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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