Pycreus flavidus (Retz.) T.Koyama

 
  • 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 flavidus Retz.
  • Synonym(s) : Pycreus capillaris Nees
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cyperus flavidus Retz.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy areas in grasslands
  • Comments / notes : Often on hills above 750m.
  • Flower, Fruit : September-April
  • Collector(s) Name : K.Gopalakrishna Bhat; Raja K. Swamy
  • Collection Date : 6-7-1970, 2-1-2016, 11-2012
  • Collection Nos : KFP 3, HJCB-E-344, FAP 40091
  • Collection Locality : Bilikere, Mysuru district; Batrepalli, Anantapur district; Kalasamudram, Anantapur district
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Davanagare district, Bengaluru district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
    • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Koraput district, Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Cuddalore district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district, Tiruvallur district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Vellore district, Villipuram district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Afghanistan, Algeria, Amur, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, China, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, France, Greece, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kazan-retto, Kirgizstan, K
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan, Algeria, Amur, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, China, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, France, Greece, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kazan-retto, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Mauritius, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, North Caucasus, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Primorye, Qinghai, Réunion, Seychelles, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Xinjiang
  • 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
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Verma, D.M., et al 1985. Flora of Raipur, Durg and Rajnandagaon. Fl. of Ind. Ser. 3. pp. 78
    • 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.: 267
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pycreus flavidus. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.

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