• Family : POACEAE
  (Grass Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : POACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Aristida adscensionis L.
• Vernacular name : Bandi oobina hullu (Kannada); Cheevam pul (Tamil); Longi-kasal (Marathi)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Scrub and Deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Common- on plains, more abundant on slopes
• Flower, Fruit : February-August
• Collector(s) Name : K. Sankara Rao, Raja K. Swamy & Arun Singh
• Collection Date : 26/11/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-255
• Collection Locality : Palamaneru forest, Chittoor district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district
  • Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
  • Odisha : Sambalpur district
  • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
• World Distribution : Tropics of the World
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan; Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aristida adscensionis. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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