Acroceras zizanioides (Kunth) Dandy

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Echinochloa zizanioides (Kunth) Roberty; Panicum zizanioides Kunth; Acroceras oryzoides Stapf; Panicum balbisianum Schult.; Panicum dioecum Spreng.; Panicum grandiflorum Trin. ex Nees; Panicum guluense Vanderyst; Panicum lutetense K.Schum.; Panicum melicoides Poir.; Panicum ogowense Franch.; Panicum oryzoides Sw.; Panicum poiforme Poir.; Panicum pseudoryzoides Steud.; Panicum subspicatum Desv.; Panicum zizanioides var. microphyllum Döll
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Acroceras zizanioides (Kunth) Dandy
  • Habit : Herb
  • Key identification features : Perennial, prostrate or ascending grass; Leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, sheaths densely ciliate at margin; Panicle lax, branches racemiform, scaberulous; spikelets lanceolate-oblong, 2-nate or solitary, pale-green; Grains oblong, tightly enclosed by lemma and palea.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-December
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Argentina, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Gui
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Argentina, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Liberia, Mali, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zaïre
  • Literature :
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 271
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Acroceras zizanioides. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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