Isachne pulchella Roth

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (GRASS FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Poaceae
  • Species : Isachne pulchella
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Isachne pulchella Roth
  • Key identification features : Herbs, annuals, ascending. Leaves are 2-3 X 0.3-0.5 cm, ovate-lanceolate, apex acute or acuminate, hairy, margins cartilaginous. Spikelets are globose, 0.12-0.15 cm long, glumes are broadly elliptical, obtuse, distinctly unequal, the lower shorter and narrower than the upper, anthers of the lower florets are about 0.07-0.09 cm long.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : August-December
  • Comments : Rare on hills to about 1300 m, in marsh.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : East Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : India, Myanmar
  • Literature : Pullaiah, T., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 3.; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Isachne pulchella. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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