Sacciolepis myosuroides (R.Br.) Chase ex E.G.Camus & A.Camus

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Basionym : Panicum myosuroides R.Br.
  • Synonym(s) : Panicum huillense Rendle; Panicum spiciforme Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Sacciolepis delicatula Mez; Sacciolepis geniculata B.K.Simon; Sacciolepis huillensis (Rendle) Stapf; Sacciolepis lebrunii Robyns; Sacciolepis luciae B.K.Simon; Sacciolepis myosuroides var. nana S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang; Sacciolepis spiciformis (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Stapf
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sacciolepis myosuroides (R.Br.) A.Camus
  • Vernacular name :
    • Pkalia, Kara-lom (Marathi)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Moist places, shallow water and rice fields
  • Comments / notes : Occasional on hills to about 1250m.
  • Key identification features : Culms 30-100 cm tall; leaf blades 10-20 cm; panicle 6-20 cm. Spikelets 1.5-2 mm, ovate
  • Flower, Fruit : August-February
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Chandrapur district, Nanded district, Osmanabad district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Yavatmal district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Angola, Bangladesh, Borneo, Burundi, Cameroon, China, Congo, Ethiopia, Hainan, India, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Philipp
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Cameroon to Ethiopia and South Africa, Madagascar, Tropical and Subtropical Asia to North Australia
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • 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.
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 273
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sacciolepis myosuroides. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.

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