Cyperus difformis




Family Cyperaceae
Scientific name Cyperus difformis L.
Synonyms Cyperus complanatus Forsskål; Cyperus difformis L. forma humilis Debeaux; Cyperus difformis L. forma maximus C.B. Clarke; Cyperus difformis L. var. breviglobosus Kükenthal; Cyperus difformis L. var. congestus E. G. Camus; Cyperus difformis L. var. pumilus Kuntze; Cyperus difformis L. var. subdecompositus Kükenthal; Cyperus holoschoenoides Jan ex Schultes; Cyperus lateriflorus Torrey; Cyperus oryzetorum Steudel; Cyperus protractus Link; Cyperus subrotundus Llanos
Common name (Japanese common name) tama-gayatsuri [balls mosquito net hanging weed]
(English common name) dirty-Dora, one-arm sedge, rice sedge, small-flower umbrella plant, small-flower umbrella sedge, variable flat sedge
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) worldwide
Chromosomal number 2n=36
Description Plants culms 25-60cm. Flowers spikelets 3-10mm, flowering in August to October. Annual plants.
Reference Cyperus difformis Linnaeus
Cyperus difformis L.
Cyperus difformis L.
Herbicide for use in transplanted rice (US Patent 3955959/1976)
Herbicidal method (US Patent 4292068/1981)
Indazole compounds, and their production and use (US Patent 4820333/1989)
Herbicidal sulfonamides (US Patent 4913726/1990)
Herbicidal pyrrolesulfonylureas (US Patent 5472933/1995)
Controlling Cyperus weeds with Ascochyta sp. FERM BP-5176 (US Patent 5902580/1999)
Herbicidal composition (US Patent 6030925/2000)
Herbicidal sulfonamides (US Patent 6060432/2000)
Agricultural product microscreen method and apparatus (US Patent 6150158/2000)
Herbicidal oxadiazolidines (US Patent 6737383/2004)
Herbicide compositions and weedkilling method using the same (US Patent 7144842/2006)
Isoxazoline derivative and herbicide comprising the same as active ingredient (US Patent 7238689/2007)
Note Common



August 2006
at lowland swamp
August 2006
at lowland swamp
August 2006
at lowland swamp



October 2007
at lowland swamp
October 2007
at lowland swamp
October 2007
at lowland swamp