• 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) : Sporobolus wallichii Munro ex Thwaites
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Often on plains to about 1050m, on disturbed ground or exposed moist rocks, or on the floor of scrub jungles.
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kadapa district, Kurnool district
  • Karnataka : Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
• World Distribution : India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
• 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; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.2. Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• 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=Sporobolus wallichii. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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