- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Andropogon quadrivalvis L.; Anthistiria scandens Roxb.; Anthistiria semiberbis Nees; Themeda chinensis (A.Camus) S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang; Themeda ciliata Hack.; Themeda dacruzii Birari; Themeda echinata A.Camus ex Keng; Themeda yuanmounensis S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Themeda quadrivalvis (L.) Kuntze
- Common name : Grader grass, Habana grass, Kangaroo grass
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Dry hill slopes; 400 - 2000 m. altitude
- Key identification features : Fascicles of racemes from upper leaf axils; sessile spikelet pubescent toward apex
- Flower, Fruit : June-December
- Distribution :
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Native : Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, West Himalaya
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Indian Subcontinent to North Thailand, Andaman Islands and Argentina, Brazil, California, Cape Provinces, China, Comoros, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Florida, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Iraq, Jamaica, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico Central, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Oman, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Seychelles, Socotra, Solomon Is., Turkey, Vietnam, Windward Is.
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 275
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Themeda dacruzii. Downloaded on 5 December 2024.
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