- Family : CYPERACEAE
(Sedge Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Cyperaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cyperus distans L.f.
- Common name : Slender Cyperus
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Along banks of streams, also in wastelands
- Comments / notes : Occasional on hills about 1200m.
- Flower, Fruit : September-November
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, West Godavari district
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Bengaluru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Dhule district, Kolhapur district, Pune district, Raigad district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district
- Odisha : Cuttack district, Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Khurda district, Kalhandi district, Nayagarh district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Native : Pantropical
- World Distribution : Tropical & sub-tropical regions of both hemispheres
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- 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
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cyperus distans. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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