Capillipedium assimile (Steud.) A.Camus

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Basionym : Andropogon assimilis Steud.
  • Synonym(s) : Bothriochloa assimilis (Steud.) Ohwi; Dichanthium assimile (Steud.) Deshp.; Andropogon capillaceus Wall. ex Hook.f.; Andropogon glaucopsis Steud.; Andropogon glaucopsis var. major Steud.; Andropogon subrepens Steud.; Bothriochloa picta Ohwi; Capillipedium assimile var. glaucophyllum (Henrard) Jansen; Capillipedium glaucopsis (W.Watson) Stapf; Capillipedium scabridum Ridl.; Capillipedium subrepens (Steud.) Henrard; Capillipedium subrepens var. glaucophyllum Henrard; Chrysopogon glaucopsis Will.Watson; Chrysopogon pictus Hance; Chrysopogon subrepens (Steud.) Will.Watson; Rhaphis glauca Nees ex Steud.; Rhaphis repens Nees ex Steud.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Capillipedium assimile (Steud.) A.Camus
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests
  • Key identification features : Perennial, suffrutescent grass; nodes pubescent; Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, setaceous, scaberulous; sheaths scaberulous; Panicle decompound; branches slender; rachis smooth, fragile; spikelets linear-oblong, reddish.
  • Flower, Fruit : September-December
  • Collector(s) Name : S.B.Manohar, S.R.Ramesh
  • Collection Date : 14/05/1979
  • Collection Nos : KFP 7550
  • Collection Locality : B.R Hills, Mysuru district
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chelam, Diguvametta (Kurnool district), Srikakulam district
    • Karnataka : Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Amravati district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Dhule district, Kolhapur district, Pune district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district
    • Tamil Nadu : MYB, GJ, BOL, BGH, DNKL, KAL
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Tirap
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Nicobar Islands
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Pakistan, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Pakistan, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, 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
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 277
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Capillipedium assimile. Downloaded on 9 December 2024.

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