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Cyperus nilagiricus Hochstetter ex Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 2. 1854; C. globosus var. nilagiricus (Hochstetter ex Steudel) C. B. Clarke; Pycreus globosus var. nilagiricus (Hochstetter ex Steudel) C. B. Clarke.

Culms ± tall. Leaves shorter than culm. Inflorescence a simple anthela. Spikelets less than 1.5 mm wide. Glumes dark grayish brown to purplish brown, densely arranged. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep.

Swamps, shallow water, river margins, shady wet places; 100-3000 m. Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Vietnam; E Africa, Madagascar].