Pycreus sulcinux (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke

 
  • 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 bonianus Boeckeler; Pycreus substellatus E.G.Camus
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cyperus sulcinux C.B.Clarke
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy fields
  • Key identification features : Tufted annual herbs; Leaves shorter than stem; Inflorescence simple anthelate; spikelets linear-Ianceolate, 3-8 together, ultimately divaricate; glumes laxly imbricate, ferrugineous; Nuts with a median longitudinal depression on each face.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-December
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district
    • Maharashtra : Satara district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : India
  • World Distribution : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • 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.
    • Henry, Chithra & Balakrishnan (1989). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 3
    • Gamble, JS and Fischer CEC (1957). Fl. Pres. Madr. Vol 3
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 267
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pycreus sulcinux. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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