- 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 brevifolius (Rottb.) Hassk.
- Common name : Jointed Flatsedge
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Marshy areas, wastelands and roadsides
- Comments / notes : Often on plains to about 1500m.
- Flower, Fruit : June-February
- Collector(s) Name : T.P.Ramamoorthy
- Collection Date : 07/07/1970
- Collection Nos : HFP 259
- Collection Locality : Goudagere, Hassan district
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Hassan district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
- Native : Afghanistan, Alabama, Aldabra, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Argentina, Ascension, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Repu, Centr
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Pantropical
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- 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.: 264
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Kyllinga brevifolia. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.
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