Sporobolus fertilis (Steud.) Clayton

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Agrostis fertilis Steud.; Sporobolus indicus var. fertilis (Steud.) Jovet & Guédès; Cinna japonica Steud.; Sporobolus diandrus var. major Buse; Sporobolus elongatus var. purpureosuffusus Ohwi; Sporobolus fertilis var. pallidior (T.Koyama) Hatus. ex Ibaragi; Sporobolus fertilis var. purpureosuffusus (Ohwi) Keng f. & X.S.Shen; Sporobolus indicus var. major (Buse) Baaijens; Sporobolus indicus var. pallidior T.Koyama; Sporobolus indicus subsp. pallidior (T.Koyama) T.Koyama; Sporobolus indicus var. purpureosuffusus (Ohwi) T.Koyama; Sporobolus indicus subsp. purpureosuffusus (Ohwi) T.Koyama; Sporobolus indicus var. purpureosuffusus (Ohwi) T.Koyama; Sporobolus indicus f. spiciformis T.Koyama
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sporobolus fertilis (Steud.) Clayton
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Moist and dry deciduous forests, also along the bnds of paddy fields
  • Flower, Fruit : June-December
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha; Raja K. Swamy
  • Collection Date : 5-8-1969, 9-12-2010
  • Collection Nos : CJS 14308, SKU 41979
  • Collection Locality : Sakaleshpur, Hassan district; Pendluru, Kadapa district
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Srikakulam district
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Idukki district
    • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Aurangabad district, Beed district, Dhule district, Kolhapur district, Nanded district, Nashik district, Osmanabad district, Pune district, Sangli district, Satara district, Solapur district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Odisha
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang
    • 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, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Hainan, India, Japan, Korea, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Pantropical
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
    • 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
    • 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
    • Herbarium specimen from Pendluru village, Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 310
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sporobolus fertilis. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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