Themeda caudata (Nees ex Hook. & Arn.) A.Camus

 
  • 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.

India Distribution

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