Arundinella purpurea Hochst. ex Steud.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Acratherum fuscatum B.D.Jacks.; Arundinella fuscata Nees ex Steud.; Arundinella purpurea var. laxa Bor
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Arundinella purpurea Hochst. ex Steud.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Grasslands, open areas
  • Flower, Fruit : August-December
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 10-10-1969, 09-10-1969
  • Collection Nos : 15305, 15257
  • Collection Locality : Panorama point, Bisle Ghat; Genkalbetta
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Kolhapur district, Ratnagiri district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Native : India, Myanmar
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Myanmar
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah, T., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 3.
    • 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 – Flora of Hassan district
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Arundinella purpurea. Downloaded on 2 December 2024.

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