Hemarthria protensa Steud.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Manisuris protensa (Steud.) Hitchc.; Rottboellia protensa (Steud.) Hack.; Hemarthria humilis Keng; Hemarthria vaginata Buse; Lodicularia protensa Nees ex Steud.; Rottboellia vaginata (Buse) Backer
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hemarthria protensa Steud.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Key identification features : Perennial herbs; culms erect from a decumbent base; Leaves glabrous; sheaths shorter than internodes, spathiform, glabrous; Inflorescence false spike, hardly exserted from sheaths; pedicels straight, adnate to the joints; spikelets linear-Ianceolate; upper glume awned.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-November
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Jawa, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Jawa, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 291
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hemarthria protensa. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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