Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb.

 
  • 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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