- 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.
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