• Family : POACEAE
  (Grass Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
• Basionym : Panicum compositum L.
• Synonym(s) : Digitaria composita (L.) Willd.; Hippagrostis composita (L.) Kuntze; Orthopogon compositus (L.) R.Br.; Orthopogon remotus Trin.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Oplismenus compositus (L.) P.Beauv.
• Vernacular name :
  • Shara, Turdia (Marathi)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Degraded deciduous forests and shady places, also in the plains
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : K.P.Sreenath, B.Gurudev Singh
• Collection Date : 07/11/1979
• Collection Nos : KFP 10238
• Collection Locality : Sangam, Srirangapatna, Mandya district
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district
  • Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Amravati district, Bhandara district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Dhule district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
  • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Dhenkanal district, Khurda district, Mayurbhanj district
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Punjab : Punjab
  • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
  • Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
• Native : Alabama, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Argentina, Arkansas, Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Christmas Island, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican R
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Alabama, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Argentina, Arkansas, Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Christmas Island, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Korea, Lakshadweep Islands, Laos, Leeward Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Mauritius, Mexico, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ogasawara-shoto, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Seychelles, Socotra, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Virginia, Windward Islands, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• 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
  • 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
  • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
  • 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
  • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan
  • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state
  • Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
  • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
  • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
  • 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.: 296
• Read more :
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Oplismenus compositus. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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