Cyperus cyperinus (Retz.) Valck.Sur.

 
  • 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) : Mariscus cyperinus (Retz.) Vahl; Mariscus cyperinus var. bengalensis C.B.Clarke
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cyperus cyperinus (Retz.) Valck.Sur.
  • Common name : Old Gold flat Sedge
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kolpullu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Degraded Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
  • Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 1000m.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-October
  • Collector(s) Name : T.P.Ramamoorthy; Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy
  • Collection Date : 10-7-1970, 12-9-2014
  • Collection Nos : HFP 361, HJCB-E-354
  • Collection Locality : Byrapura, Hassan district; Melpatti Reserve forest, Vellore district
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Kurnool district, West Godavari district
    • Karnataka : Hassan district
    • Kerala : Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Sindhudurg district, Satara district
    • Tamil Nadu : Vellore districtR
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Caroline Islands, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Easter Islands, Fiji, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, N
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Caroline Islands, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Easter Islands, Fiji, Hainan, Hawaii, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Islands, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Islands, Yemen
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • 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.: 266
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cyperus cyperinus. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.

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