Chrysopogon serrulatus Trin.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Andropogon monticola var. trinii (Steud.) Hook.f.; Andropogon trinii Steud.; Chrysopogon fulvus var. serrulatus (Trin.) R.R.Stewart; Chrysopogon montanus var. serrulatus (Trin.) Stapf; Chrysopogon trinii (Steud.) Will.Watson; Sorghum serrulatum (Trin.) Kuntze; Andropogon coeruleus Steud.; Andropogon increscens Steud.; Andropogon monticola var. robustus Hook.f.; Andropogon tremulus Hack.; Andropogon trinii var. increscens (Steud.) Hack.; Andropogon trinii var. simplicior Hack.; Chrysopogon caeruleus (Steud.) Will.Watson; Chrysopogon ciliolatus Boiss.; Chrysopogon coeruleus (Steud.) Will.Watson; Chrysopogon esenbeckii Arn. ex Steud.; Chrysopogon fulvus var. tremulus (Hack.) Chiov.; Chrysopogon increscens (Steud.) Nees ex Steud.; Chrysopogon montanus var. tremulus (Hack.) Stapf; Chrysopogon wightianus var. leucanthus Thwaites; Rhaphis ciliolata (Boiss.) B.D.Jacks.; Rhaphis coerulea (Steud.) B.D.Jacks.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Chrysopogon serrulatus Trin.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Key identification features : Tufted, erect or ascending grass; Leaves minutely scaberulous; Panicle branches in whorls; sessile spikelets glabrous or shortly ciliate; hairs of callus and pedicels often reddish or white.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-December
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha, T.P.Ramamoorthy; B.R.Ramesh, S.R.Ramesh
  • Collection Date : 4-12-1970, 16-9-1979
  • Collection Nos : HFP 1196, KFP 9354
  • Collection Locality : Lower portion of the valley, Genkalbetta, Hassan district; Biligi, Bijapur district
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district
    • Maharashtra : Amravati district, Dhule district, Nanded district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Afghanistan, Bhutan, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Free State, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Socotra, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan, Bhutan, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Free State, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Socotra, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 279
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Chrysopogon serrulatus. Downloaded on 9 December 2024.

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