Kyllinga tenuifolia Steudel

 
  • 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) : Kyllinga pumila Michx.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Mustaka (Sanskrit)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Common in moist grasslands during monsoon.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-October
  • Collector(s) Name : D.H. Nicolson, S.S. Hooper, CJ. Saldanha, K.N. Ghandi
  • Collection Date : 22/10/1971
  • Collection Nos : HFP 2235
  • Collection Locality : Arsikere to Tiptur road, Hassan district (KA)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Bidar district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chikkamagaluru district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Akola district, Amravati district, Bhandara district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Dhule district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Nashik district, Osmanabad district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district, Yavatmal district
    • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • B.D. Sharma et al., 1996. Flora of Maharashtra state: Monocotyledons. BSI
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Kyllinga tenuifolia. Downloaded on 11 November 2024.

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