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 district, Belagavi district, Ballari district, Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare 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
    • 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
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Kyllinga nemoralis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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