- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Basionym : Aristida arundinacea L.
- Synonym(s) : Avena koenigii Spreng.; Arundo boivinii Steud.; Arundo henslowiana Hook. & Arn.; Arundo madagascariensis Kunth; Arundo thouarsii T.Durand & Schinz; Arundo trivalvis W.Hunter; Diplachne aristata Baker; Diplachne saccharoides Baker; Donax thouarii P.Beauv.; Neyraudia madagascariensis (Kunth) Hook.f.; Neyraudia thouarsii Pilg. ex Peter; Triraphis madagascariensis (Kunth) Hook.f. ex Prain
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Neyraudia arundinacea (L.) Henrard
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Grasslands
- Key identification features : Reed-like perennial herbs; culms thick, terete, smooth; Leaf-sheaths woolly at throat; ligules fimbriate; Inflorescence large panicle, silvery-olive-grey; spikelets 4-8 flowered.
- Flower, Fruit : March-December
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Kozhikode district
- Uttarakhand : Nainital district
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Comoros, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, Zaïre
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Comoros, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, Zaïre
- Literature :
- 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.: 295-296
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Neyraudia arundinacea. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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