• 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) : Eragrostis coarctata Stapf
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Rare
• Flower, Fruit : September-February
• Collection Locality : Similipahar, Mayurbhanj District
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Mysuru district
  • Maharashtra : Nagpur district, Osmanabad district, Sindhudurg district, Yavatmal district
  • Odisha : Throughout Odisha
• Native : Himalayas
• World Distribution : India, Myanmar, Nepal
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
• 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=Eragrostis coarctata. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

Botanical Description

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