• 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) : Melanocenchris jacquemontii Jaub. & Spach
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Common throughout in open grasslands
• Flower, Fruit : August-December
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 24-06-2010
• Collection Nos : FAP 39546
• Collection Locality : Kalasamudram forest, Anantapur district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : All districts of Andhra Pradesh
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Bengaluru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Dharwad district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
  • Odisha : Common
• 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; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 – Mysore; Herbarium specimen from Kalasamudra forest, Anantapur district (AP)
• 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=Melanocenchris jacquemontii. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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