Cyperus cuspidatus Kunth

 
  • 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) : Dichostylis cuspidata (Kunth) Palla; Cyperus angustifolius Buch.-Ham. ex Nees; Cyperus angustifolius Schumach.; Cyperus capitatus Retz.; Cyperus contractus Steud.; Cyperus cuspidatus f. angustifolius Kük.; Cyperus cuspidatus var. burchellii C.B.Clarke; Cyperus cuspidatus f. exiguus (Nees) Kük.; Cyperus exiguus Nees; Cyperus gratus C.B.Clarke; Cyperus hamatus Schrad. ex Nees; Cyperus hamulatus Kunth; Cyperus recurvatus Willd. ex Kunth; Cyperus recurvus Vahl; Cyperus salzmannii Steud.; Cyperus setifolius D.Don; Cyperus solutus Steud.; Cyperus uncinatus Poir.; Cyperus uncinatus var. gratus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Cyperus waterlotii Cherm.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cyperus cuspidatus Kunth
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Rocky areas in grasslands
  • Flower, Fruit : July-November
  • Collector(s) Name : D.H.Nicolson, S.S.Hooper, Cecil J. Saldanha, K.N.Gandhi
  • Collection Date : 26/10/1971
  • Collection Nos : HFP 2347
  • Collection Locality : Baourdalboore, Hassan district
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district
    • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district
    • Maharashtra : Kolhapur district, Sindhudurg district, Pune district
    • Odisha : Cuttack district, Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Puri district, Bolangir district, Bargarh district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Lohit
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Alabama, Andaman Islands, Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Colombia, Congo, Cuba, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Pantropical
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • 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.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 254
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cyperus cuspidatus. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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