Themeda villosa (Poir.) A.Camus

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Anthistiria gigantea subsp. villosa (Poir.) Hook.f.; Anthistiria villosa Poir.; Themeda gigantea var. villosa (Poir.) Hack.; Themeda gigantea subsp. villosa (Poir.) Hack.; Androscepia gigantea var. mutica Andersson; Androscepia gigantea var. sundaica Buse; Androscepia mutica Andersson ex Hook.f.; Anthistiria junghuhniana Nees ex Andersson; Anthistiria mutica Hassk.; Anthistiria setosa Thunb. ex Andersson; Heterelytron scabrum Jungh.; Pseudanthistiria emeinica S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang; Themeda villosa var. sundaica (Buse) E.G.Camus & A.Camus
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Themeda villosa (Lam.) A.Camus
  • Habit : Herb
  • Key identification features : Perennial herbs; culms tufted, stout polished, leafy; Leaf-sheaths auricled at mouth, strongly keeled; ligule erose, membranous; Spikelets in decompound panicle; involucral spikelets inserted in pair at different levels; sessile spikelets densely hispid with short, brown hairs; pedicelled spikelets ciliate, hispid.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-February
  • Distribution :
    • Odisha : Odisha
    • 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, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, 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 villosa. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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