Cyperus difformis
Cyperus difformis
Cyperus difformis
MH310 : Cyperus difformis L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 532 |
| Synonym | : | Cyperus difformis f. humilis Debeaux.;
Cyperus difformis f. maximus C.B.Clarke;
Cyperus difformis var. breviglobosus Kük.;
Cyperus difformis var. subdecompositus Kük.;
Cyperus goeringii Steud.;
Cyperus holoschoenoides Jan ex Schult.;
Cyperus lateriflorus Torr., nom. illeg.;
Cyperus oryzetorum Steud.;
Cyperus protractus Link, nom. illeg.;
Cyperus subrotundus Llanos;
Cyperus viridis Willd. ex Kunth, nom. illeg.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | variable flatsedge, smallflower umbrella-sedge and rice sedge |
| Plant Family | : | Cyperaceae |
| Description | : | Erect, tufted, non-rhizomatous annual herbs; roots reddish, culms 20-48 cm tall, acutery triquetrous with concave sides. Leaves few, basal, 9-30 x 0.3-0.5 cm, linear-acute, flat; sheaths 2-6 cm long, brown. Inflorescence compound, 3-6 cm across, branches ending in congested globose clusters of spikelets; leafy bracts 2-3; the lowest upto 20 cm long. Spikelets 2-5 x c. 1 mm, linear, obtuse. Glumes c. 0.7 x 1 mm, orbicular, apex rounded or emarginate, margins broadly white-hyaline, keel yellowish. Stamens 1-2. Stigmas 3. Nut c. 0.5 mm long, elliptic, trigonous, apiculate, pale brown. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Cyperene; cyperotundone; isorotundene; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Red List Category - Least Concern |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://www.plantwise.org/KnowledgeBank/Datasheet.aspx?dsid=17495
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229436
- https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/17495
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0972060X.2012.10644018 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Commelinidae |
| Order | : Cyperales |
| Family | : Cyperaceae - Sedge family |
| Genus | : Cyperus L. - flatsedge |
| Species | : Cyperus difformis |