Cyperus michelianus subsp. pygmaeus (Rottb.) Ascherson & Graebner

 
  • Family : CYPERACEAE
    (Sedge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Cyperaceae
  • Basionym : Cyperus pygmaeus Rottb.
  • Synonym(s) : Juncellus pygmaeus (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cyperus michelianus subsp. pygmaeus (Rottb.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy areas
  • Comments / notes : Frequent
  • Flower, Fruit : June-February
  • Collector(s) Name : Jarret, Saldanha, Ramamurthy
  • Collection Date : 03-09-1970, 20-07-1970
  • Collection Nos : HFP 597; KGB 28
  • Collection Locality : Nagpuri, Hassan dist.; Bilikere, Mysore dist.
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Mysuru district, Hassan district, Bengaluru district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Raichur district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district
    • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Akola district, Amravati district< Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, BLD, Chandrapur district, Dhule district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Pune district, Raigad district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district, Yavatmal district
    • Odisha : Cuttack district, Ganjam district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
  • Native : India, Australia
  • World Distribution : Pantropical
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore
    • N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • 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.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cyperus michelianus subsp. pygmaeus. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

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