- 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) : Duval-jouvea pilosa (Vahl) Palla; Cyperus donianus A.Dietr.; Cyperus fimbriatus Nees; Cyperus hebes Steud.; Cyperus heyneanus Boeckeler; Cyperus honestus Kunth; Cyperus marginellus Nees; Cyperus obliquus Nees; Cyperus paniculatus D.Don; Cyperus pauciflorus Steud.; Cyperus pilosus f. badius Kuntze; Cyperus pilosus var. contractus (Miq.) Kük.; Cyperus pilosus var. fimbriatus (Nees) Kük.; Cyperus pilosus var. laevirhachis Kük.; Cyperus pilosus var. muticus Boeckeler; Cyperus pilosus var. obliquus (Nees) C.B.Clarke; Cyperus pilosus f. pallidus Kuntze; Cyperus pilosus var. pauciflorus L.K.Dai; Cyperus pilosus var. polyanthus C.B.Clarke; Cyperus pilosus var. pseudobabakensis Kük.; Cyperus pilosus var. purpurascens L.K.Dai; Cyperus piptolepis Steud.; Cyperus piptolepis var. contractus Miq.; Cyperus piptolepis var. pyrophytus Miq.; Cyperus pyrophilus Reinw. ex de Vriese; Cyperus quinqueflorus Hochst. ex Steud.; Cyperus subalatus Steud.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cyperus pilosus Vahl
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Marshy areas
- Comments / notes : Often on hills above 800m.
- Flower, Fruit : May-November
- Collector(s) Name : D.H.Nicolson, S.S.Hooper, Cecil J. Saldanha, K.N.Gandhi
- Collection Date : 24/10/1971
- Collection Nos : HFP 2296
- Collection Locality : Bannuhalla, Hassan district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district
- Karnataka : Hassan district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Pune district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district
- Odisha : Kalhandi district, Koraput district, Dhenkanal district, Bolangir district, Mayurbhanj district, Sambalpur district, Ganjam district, Cuttack district
- Tamil Nadu : Hills above 800m
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera,
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- 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
- 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.: 257
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cyperus pilosus. Downloaded on 8 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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