Paspalidium geminatum (Forssk.) Stapf

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : POACEAE
  • Basionym : Panicum appressum Forssk.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Paspalidium geminatum (Forssk.) Stapf
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Water-logged areas and wetlands
  • Comments / notes : Common on plains
  • Flower, Fruit : July-March
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy & B. Sadasivaiah
  • Collection Date : 15-12-2010
  • Collection Nos : FAP 41997
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district
    • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
  • World Distribution : Old World Tropics
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; 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.
  • 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=Paspalidium geminatum. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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