Thysanolaena maxima (Roxb.) Kuntze

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Agrostis maxima Roxb.; Arundo minutiflora Brongn.; Melica latifolia Roxb. ex Hornem.; Myriachaeta arundinacea Zoll. & Moritzi; Myriachaeta glauca Moritzi ex Steud.; Neyraudia acarifera (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Conert; Panicum acariferum Trin.; Sporobolus gigas (Steud.) Miq.; Sporobolus scoparius J.Presl; Thysanolaena acarifera Arn. & Nees; Thysanolaena assamensis Gand.; Thysanolaena birmanica Gand.; Thysanolaena malaccensis Gand.; Thysanolaena maxima (Roxb.) Kuntze; Thysanolaena sikkimensis Gand.; Vilfa gigas Steud.; Vilfa scoparia (J.Presl) Steud.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Thysanolaena latifolia (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Honda
  • Common name : Tiger Grass
  • Vernacular name :
    • Konda chipuru (Telugu)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Garden plant
  • Comments / notes : On hills above 1200m.
  • Key identification features : Perennials; Leaves broadly lanceolate, subamplexicaul at base, glaucous beneath; sheaths tight, hard; ligule cartilaginous, truncate. Spikelets in filiform, branched panicle, 2-flowered, ovoid-Ianceolate.
  • Flower, Fruit : January-October
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Navendu Page, Ravichandran V.
  • Collection Date : 27/02/2017
  • Collection Nos : HJCB 932
  • Collection Locality : Similipal Tiger Reserve, Odisha
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Dhule district, Nashik district, Pune district, Satara district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Port Blair taluk,Mt. Harriet
    • 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, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, 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, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 270
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 311-312
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Thysanolaena maxima. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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