Cyperus cephalotes Vahl

 
  • 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) : Anosporum cephalotes (Vahl) Kurz; Anosporum monocephalum (Roxb.) Nees; Cyperus cephalotes var. grandiceps Kük.; Cyperus hookerianus Thwaites; Cyperus monocephaloides Roxb. ex Nees; Cyperus monocephalus Roxb.; Cyperus monogynus Boeckeler; Cyperus natans Buch.-Ham. ex C.B.Clarke; Ficinia foliaceobracteata H.Pfeiff.; Hydroschoenus kyllingioides Zoll. & Moritzi; Trentepohlia bifoliata Boeckeler; Ungeria monocephala (Roxb.) Nees ex C.B.Clarke
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cyperus cephalotes Vahl
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Permanent pools and streams
  • Flower, Fruit : June-November
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
    • Odisha : Cuttack district, Ganjam district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • 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, Borneo, China, India, Jawa, Myanmar, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, China, India, Jawa, Myanmar, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, 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
    • 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.: 245
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cyperus cephalotes. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

Botanical Description

India Distribution

World Distribution

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