Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Andropogon acicularis Roem. & Schult.; Andropogon aciculatus Retz.; Chrysopogon acicularis Duthie; Holcus aciculatus (Retz.) R.Br.; Rhaphis acicularis Desv.; Rhaphis aciculata (Retz.) Honda; Rhaphis zizanioides var. aciculatus (Retz.) Roberty; Sorghum aciculatum (Retz.) Kuntze; Andropogon acicularis Willd.; Andropogon aculeatus Steud.; Andropogon javanicus Steud.; Andropogon subulatus J.Presl; Centrophorum chinense Trin.; Chrysopogon aciculatus var. elatior Benth.; Chrysopogon aciculatus var. longifolius Buse; Chrysopogon subulatus (J.Presl) Trin. ex Steud.; Chrysopogon trivialis (Lour.) Arn. & Nees; Rhaphis javanica Nees ex Steud.; Rhaphis trivalvis Kunth; Rhaphis trivialis Lour.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin.
  • Common name : Love Grass
  • Vernacular name :
    • Snehapullu, Asthrapullu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Degraded Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
  • Comments / notes : Occasional
  • Flower, Fruit : August-October
  • Collector(s) Name : T.P.Ramamoorthy
  • Collection Date : 08/07/1970
  • Collection Nos : HFP 312
  • Collection Locality : Mankanahalli, Bisle ghat, Hassan district
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district
    • 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
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Islands,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Rodrigues, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Islands
  • 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
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • 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.: 278
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Chrysopogon aciculatus. Downloaded on 12 December 2024.

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