- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Basionym : Andropogon assimilis Steud.
- Synonym(s) : Bothriochloa assimilis (Steud.) Ohwi; Dichanthium assimile (Steud.) Deshp.; Andropogon capillaceus Wall. ex Hook.f.; Andropogon glaucopsis Steud.; Andropogon glaucopsis var. major Steud.; Andropogon subrepens Steud.; Bothriochloa picta Ohwi; Capillipedium assimile var. glaucophyllum (Henrard) Jansen; Capillipedium glaucopsis (W.Watson) Stapf; Capillipedium scabridum Ridl.; Capillipedium subrepens (Steud.) Henrard; Capillipedium subrepens var. glaucophyllum Henrard; Chrysopogon glaucopsis Will.Watson; Chrysopogon pictus Hance; Chrysopogon subrepens (Steud.) Will.Watson; Rhaphis glauca Nees ex Steud.; Rhaphis repens Nees ex Steud.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Capillipedium assimile (Steud.) A.Camus
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests
- Key identification features : Perennial, suffrutescent grass; nodes pubescent; Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, setaceous, scaberulous; sheaths scaberulous; Panicle decompound; branches slender; rachis smooth, fragile; spikelets linear-oblong, reddish.
- Flower, Fruit : September-December
- Collector(s) Name : S.B.Manohar, S.R.Ramesh
- Collection Date : 14/05/1979
- Collection Nos : KFP 7550
- Collection Locality : B.R Hills, Mysuru district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chelam, Diguvametta (Kurnool district), Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Mysuru district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Amravati district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Dhule district, Kolhapur district, Pune district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district
- Tamil Nadu : MYB, GJ, BOL, BGH, DNKL, KAL
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Tirap
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Nicobar Islands
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Pakistan, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Pakistan, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
- 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.: 277
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Capillipedium assimile. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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