- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Poa unioloides Retz.; Uniola indica Spreng.; Eragrostis amabilis var. contracta Buse; Eragrostis amabilis var. contracta Buse; Eragrostis amabilis var. effusa Buse; Eragrostis amabilis var. effusa Buse; Eragrostis amabilis var. prostrata Buse; Eragrostis amabilis var. prostrata Buse; Eragrostis amabilis var. scabriuscula Buse; Eragrostis amabilis var. scabriuscula Buse; Eragrostis euchroa Steud.; Eragrostis formosana Hayata; Eragrostis rubens (Lam.) Hochst. ex Miq.; Eragrostis rubens var. contracta (Buse) Miq.; Eragrostis rubens var. effusa (Buse) Miq.; Eragrostis rubens f. linearis Boerl.; Eragrostis rubens var. scabriuscula (Buse) Miq.; Eragrostis unioloides var. ongiemensis A.Camus; Eragrostis unioloides var. tremula K.C.Jacob; Poa rubens Lam.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eragrostis unioloides (Retz.) Nees ex Steud.
- Vernacular name :
- Holpoho, Chimandara (Marathi)
- Karayampullu (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Bunds of paddy fields, streams, banks of backwaters and waste places
- Comments / notes : Common in open grasslands, in coast and hills and near water bodies
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 18-10-1953, 26-11-1961, 08-12-1969
- Collection Nos : CJS 692, CS 6728, CJS 15738
- Collection Locality : Andheri, Maharashtra; Waghai, Gujarat; Mallipatna, Hassan district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Common
- Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Throughout Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Gujarat : Gujarat
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Lohit, 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
- Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lakshadweep Islands, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Oman, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sr
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Cosmopolitan
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- 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
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 289
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eragrostis unioloides. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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