Sacciolepis indica (L.) A.Chase

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Basionym : Aira indica L.
  • Synonym(s) : Aira spicata L.; Hymenachne indica (L.) Buse; Panicum indicum (L.) L.; Panicum spicatum Farw.; Sacciolepis spicata Honda ex Masamune
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sacciolepis indica (L.) Chase
  • Common name : Glenwoodgrass
  • Vernacular name :
    • Bocha-pul (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Wetlands and marshy areas
  • Flower, Fruit : June-February
  • Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh; F.M.Jarrett, Cecil J. Saldanha, T.P.Ramamoorthy
  • Collection Date : 28-11-2014, 06-10-1970
  • Collection Nos : HJCB 0393, HFP 837
  • Collection Locality : Tirumala hills, Chittoor district; Mankanahalli, Hassan district
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district
    • Karnataka : Kolar district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Bhandara district, Chandrapur district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Pune district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district
    • Odisha : Odisha
    • Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang, 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
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Borneo, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, J
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Borneo, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Manchuria, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Philippines, Sierra Leone, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari 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
    • 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.: 305-306
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sacciolepis indica. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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