- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Basionym : Panicum palmaefolium J.Koenig
- Synonym(s) : Chaetochloa palmifolia (J.Koenig) Hitchc. & Chase; Chamaeraphis palmifolia (J.Koenig) Kuntze; Agrostis plicata Lour.; Chaetochloa effusa (E.Fourn.) Hitchc.; Chaetochloa sulcata (Aubl.) Hitchc.; Chamaeraphis effusa (E.Fourn.) Kuntze; Chamaeraphis nepalensis (Spreng.) Kuntze; Chamaeraphis neurodes (Schult.) Kuntze; Chamaeraphis paniculifera (Steud.) Kuntze; Chamaeraphis sulcata (Aubl.) Kuntze; Panicum amplissimum Steud.; Panicum kleinianum Nees ex Andersson; Panicum lene Steud.; Panicum mexicanum Scribn. & Merr.; Panicum nepalense Spreng.; Panicum nervosum Roxb.; Panicum neurodes Schult.; Panicum neurodes var. amplissimum (Steud.) A.Braun; Panicum neurodes var. conjungens A.Braun; Panicum neurodes var. kleinianum A.Braun; Panicum neurodes var. lene (Steud.) A.Braun; Panicum neurodes var. roxburghianum A.Braun; Panicum neurodes var. thwaitesii A.Braun; Panicum palmatum R.Schleich.; Panicum paniculiferum Steud.; Panicum plicatum Willd.; Panicum plicatum Roxb.; Panicum plicatum var. haitiense Griseb.; Panicum sulcatum Aubl.; Setaria effusa E.Fourn.; Setaria lenis (Steud.) Miq.; Setaria paniculifera (Steud.) E.Fourn. ex Hemsl.; Setaria sulcata (Aubl.) Desv.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Setaria palmifolia (J.Koenig) Stapf
- Common name : Palmgrass
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Forest fringes and banks of streams
- Comments / notes : Often on hills in clumps.
- Flower, Fruit : August-November
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 17-09-1976, 27-09-1976
- Collection Nos : SJC 19156, KFP 9540
- Collection Locality : Peermade ghat, Kerala; Bababudan hills, Chikkamagaluru district
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Belagavi district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwa
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- 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
- 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.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 309
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Setaria palmifolia. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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