- 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 complanatus (Retz.) Willd.; Fimbristylis autumnalis var. complanata (Retz.) Kük.; Isolepis complanata (Retz.) Roem. & Schult.; Scirpus complanatus Retz.; Trichelostylis complanata (Retz.) Nees
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Fimbristylis complanata (Retz.) Link
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Grasslands
- Comments / notes : Often on hills above 800m. Less in plains.
- Flower, Fruit : March-December
- Collector(s) Name : S.S.Hooper, K.N.Gandhi
- Collection Date : 10/11/1971
- Collection Nos : HFP 2378
- Collection Locality : Near railway station, Hassan
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Mysuru district
- Kerala : Kozhikode district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Amravati district, Buldhana district, Dhule district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Nashik district, Osmanabad district, Pune district, Thane district, Yavatmal district
- Odisha : Puri district, Kalhandi district, Bolangir district, Kendrapara district
- Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Chitteri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district, former North Arcot), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivagangai district), Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villupuram district), Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot)
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Punjab : Punjab
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Nicobar Islands
- Native : Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil, Cape Provinces, Caroline Islands, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Guatemala,
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil, Cape Provinces, Caroline Islands, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Guatemala, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Islands, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Islands, Windward Islands, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- 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 District
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 260
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Fimbristylis complanata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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