Cyperus haspan L.

 
  • 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 haspan L.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Sheathed flat sedge
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Along banks of streams, paddy fields and marshy areas
  • Comments / notes : Often on hills about 1500m.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Collector(s) Name : D.H.Nicolson, S.S.Hooper, Cecil J. Saldanha, K.N.Gandhi; K.Sankara Rao, Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh
  • Collection Date : 25-10-1971, 26-10-2014
  • Collection Nos : HFP 2334, HJCB 0197
  • Collection Locality : Kempuhole, Hassan district; Papavinasanam, Tirumala
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district
    • Karnataka : Hassan district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Kolhapur district, Pune district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district
    • Tamil Nadu : Balaghat
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Alabama, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Islands, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Colombia, Comor
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Tropical & sub-tropical regions of both hemispheres
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • 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
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • 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.: 255
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cyperus haspan. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.

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