Kyllinga nemoralis (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch. & Dalziel

 
  • 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) : Kyllinga mindorensis Steud.; Cyperus curvispiculosus T.Koyama; Cyperus kyllingia f. humilis (Boeckeler) Kük.; Cyperus kyllingia var. latifolius (Boeckeler) Kük.; Cyperus kyllingia f. subtriceps (Kunth) Kük.; Cyperus kyllingia f. tenuis (Boeckeler) Kük.; Cyperus leucocephalus Hassk.; Cyperus sesquiflorus f. latifolius (Boeckeler) Kük.; Kyllinga cephalotes Druce; Kyllinga curvispiculosa (T.Koyama) P.H.Hô; Kyllinga gracilis Zoll.; Kyllinga intermedia Seem.; Kyllinga monocephala Stokes; Kyllinga monocephala var. humilis Boeckeler; Kyllinga monocephala var. latifolia Boeckeler; Kyllinga monocephala var. subtriceps Kunth; Kyllinga monocephala var. tenuis Boeckeler; Kyllinga nemoralis var. subnemoralis Wad.Khan & Sardesai; Kyllinga planiculmis C.B.Clarke ex Cherm.; Kyllinga planiculmis var. mucronata Cherm.; Scirpus cephalotes Jacq.; Thryocephalon nemorale J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cyperus mindorensis (Steud.) Huygh
  • Common name : Whitehead spike Sedge
  • Vernacular name :
    • Nirbishi, Sevt gottubhi (Kannada)
    • Svetanirvisha (Sanskrit)
    • Paalnirvasi, Peemuthanga, Vallimuthanga, Velutthanirvasi (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Waste places, degraded forest areas and grasslands
  • Comments / notes : Often in plains in open moist places.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-November
  • Collector(s) Name : K.Gopalakrishna Bhat; S.S. Hooper, Cecil J. Saldanha; Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh
  • Collection Date : 28-07-1970, 07-11-1971, 13-09-2014
  • Collection Nos : KFP 67, SJC 18019, HJCB-E-244
  • Collection Locality : Ranganthittu, Mysuru district; Hulimavu, Bengaluru district; Jawadhu hills, Tamil Nadu
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district, Belagavi district, Ballari district, Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagere district, Dharwad district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Puri district
    • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
    • Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
  • Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Islands, Central African Repu, China, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Gabon, Ghana, Gilbert Islands, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast,
  • 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 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 District
    • Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
    • 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.: 264-265
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