- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Basionym : Echinolaena polystachya Kunth
- Synonym(s) : Echinochloa polystachya (Kunth) Roberty; Panicum polystachyum (Kunth) K.Schum.; Echinochloa echinata P.Beauv.; Echinolaena trinii Zoll. & Moritzi; Lappago aliena Spreng.; Lappago oplismenoides Speg.; Loxostachys uncinata (Raddi) Peter; Nazia aliena (Spreng.) Scribn.; Nazia racemosa var. aliena (Spreng.) Scribn. & J.G.Sm.; Oplismenus oplismenoides (Speg.) Speg.; Panicum disjunctum Steud.; Panicum echinatum Willd. ex Döll; Panicum glandulosum Nees; Panicum heteranthum Link; Panicum heterochlamys Peter; Panicum nemorosum Willd. ex Döll; Panicum trinii (Zoll. & Moritzi) Moritzi; Panicum uncinatum Raddi; Tragus alienus (Spreng.) Schult.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pseudechinolaena polystachya (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Stapf
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Along margins of forests
- Comments / notes : Common in Western Ghats above 1200m, on shola floor, in moist and shady places in forest clearings
- Flower, Fruit : September-December
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha, T.P. Ramamoorthy
- Collection Date : 21/08/1970
- Collection Nos : HFP 570
- Collection Locality : Bridge before Devalkere, Hassan district
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Siang, Lohit, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Angola, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Guyana, Hainan, Hondu
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Old and New World
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- 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.: 304
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pseudechinolaena polystachya. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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