Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH312 : Cyperus flavidus Retz.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 534

Synonym : Chlorocyperus globosus (Rchb.) Palla; Chlorocyperus nilagiricus (Hochst. ex Steud.) Rikli; Cyperus atroferrugineus Steud.; Cyperus capillaris J.Koenig ex Roxb.; Cyperus curvatus Vahl; Cyperus divaricatus Lam.; Cyperus flavidus var. erectus (C.B.Clarke) Korlah.; Cyperus flavidus var. khasianus (C.B.Clarke) Korlah.; Cyperus flavidus var. nilagiricus ;(Hochst. ex Steud.) Korlah.; Cyperus flavidus var. strictus (C.B.Clarke) Korlah.; Cyperus fuscoater Meinsh. ex Korsh.; Cyperus globosus f. minimus Kük.; Cyperus globosus var. nilagiricus;(Hochst. ex Steud.) C.B.Clarke; Cyperus globosus var. strictus C.B.Clarke; Cyperus humifusus Clemente; Cyperus jungendus Steud.; Cyperus junghuhnii Miq.; Cyperus lamarckianus Schult.; Cyperus linnaeanus Kunth; Cyperus nilagiricus Hochst. ex Steud.; Cyperus semiteres B.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke; Cyperus strictus Lam.; Cyperus tortuosus J.Koenig ex Roxb.; Cyperus trachyrhachis Steud.; Cyperus vulgaris Sieber ex Kunth.; Pycreus capillaris var. nilagiricus (Hochst. ex Steud.) C.B.Clarke; Pycreus capillaris var. strictus (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke; Pycreus flavidus (Retz.) T.Koyama; Pycreus flavidus var. erectus (C.B.Clarke) Karthik.; Pycreus flavidus var. khasianus (C.B.Clarke) Karthik.; Pycreus flavidus var. minimus (Kük.) L.K.Dai; Pycreus flavidus var. nilagiricus (Hochst. ex Steud.) Karthik.; Pycreus flavidus var. strictus (C.B.Clarke) Karthik.; Pycreus globosus Rchb.; Pycreus globosus var. erectus C.B.Clarke; Pycreus globosus var. nilagiricus (Hochst. ex Steud.) C.B.Clarke; Pycreus globosus var. strictus (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke; Pycreus lamarckianus (Schult.) M.R.Almeida; Pycreus lamarckianus var. strictus (Lam.) M.R.Almeida; Pycreus nilagiricus (Hochst. ex Steud.) Schischk.; Pycreus reductus Cherm.; Pycreus strictus (C.B.Clarke) Alston;

Plant Common Name : yellow flatsedge

Plant Family : Cyperaceae

Description : Annual with fibrous, yellowish roots, in favourable circumstances perennial with short rhizome; Leaves rigid, narrow, canaliculate, often almost setaceous, very gradually acuminate, smooth or slightly scabrid at the top, 1-2(-3) mm wide; Inflorescence simple or subcompound, rather open to contracted into a single cluster. Stamens 2;

Plant Location in Melghat : In Marshy patches

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Plant's Current Status : Not Common

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CYFL11 - http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:304527_1#synonyms - http://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/flora_malesiana/node/11896

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 flavidus

Cyperus flavidus
Cyperus flavidus