Cyperus pilosus Vahl

 
  • 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) : Duval-jouvea pilosa (Vahl) Palla; Cyperus donianus A.Dietr.; Cyperus fimbriatus Nees; Cyperus hebes Steud.; Cyperus heyneanus Boeckeler; Cyperus honestus Kunth; Cyperus marginellus Nees; Cyperus obliquus Nees; Cyperus paniculatus D.Don; Cyperus pauciflorus Steud.; Cyperus pilosus f. badius Kuntze; Cyperus pilosus var. contractus (Miq.) Kük.; Cyperus pilosus var. fimbriatus (Nees) Kük.; Cyperus pilosus var. laevirhachis Kük.; Cyperus pilosus var. muticus Boeckeler; Cyperus pilosus var. obliquus (Nees) C.B.Clarke; Cyperus pilosus f. pallidus Kuntze; Cyperus pilosus var. pauciflorus L.K.Dai; Cyperus pilosus var. polyanthus C.B.Clarke; Cyperus pilosus var. pseudobabakensis Kük.; Cyperus pilosus var. purpurascens L.K.Dai; Cyperus piptolepis Steud.; Cyperus piptolepis var. contractus Miq.; Cyperus piptolepis var. pyrophytus Miq.; Cyperus pyrophilus Reinw. ex de Vriese; Cyperus quinqueflorus Hochst. ex Steud.; Cyperus subalatus Steud.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cyperus pilosus Vahl
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy areas
  • Comments / notes : Often on hills above 800m.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-November
  • Collector(s) Name : D.H.Nicolson, S.S.Hooper, Cecil J. Saldanha, K.N.Gandhi
  • Collection Date : 24/10/1971
  • Collection Nos : HFP 2296
  • Collection Locality : Bannuhalla, Hassan district
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district
    • Karnataka : Hassan district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Pune district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district
    • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Koraput district, Dhenkanal district, Bolangir district, Mayurbhanj district, Sambalpur district, Ganjam district, Cuttack district
    • Tamil Nadu : Hills above 800m
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • 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
    • 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.: 257
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cyperus pilosus. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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World Distribution

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