- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Anthistiria caudata Nees ex Hook. & Arn.; Anthistiria gigantea subsp. caudata (Nees ex Hook. & Arn.) Hook.f.; Themeda gigantea subsp. caudata (Nees ex Hook. & Arn.) Hack.; Themeda gigantea var. caudata (Nees ex Hook. & Arn.) Keng; Themeda villosa var. caudata (Nees ex Hook. & Arn.) Veldkamp; Androscepia gigantea var. armata Andersson; Anthistiria gigantea var. longispatha (Hack.) Hook.f.; Themeda caudata var. matsudae Honda; Themeda gigantea var. longispatha Hack.; Themeda longispatha (Hack.) Raizada & S.K.Jain
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Themeda caudata (Nees ex Hook. & Arn.) A.Camus
- Habit : Herb
- Key identification features : Caespitose perennials with stout rootstocks; culms greenish-yellow or pinkish; Leaf-sheaths smooth, striate; ligule with ciliate ring; Spikelets in compound panicle; involucral spikelets glabrous; sessile spike lets reddish hairy; pedicelled spikelets lanceolate.
- Flower, Fruit : September-February
- Distribution :
- Odisha : Odisha
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Siang, Subansiri
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bhutan, Borneo, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bhutan, Borneo, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 311
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Themeda caudata. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.
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