- 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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