Themeda dacruzii Birari

 
  • 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.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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