Cymbopogon gidarba (Buch.-Ham. ex Steud.) Haines

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Basionym : Andropogon gidarba Steud.
  • Synonym(s) : Sorghum gidarba (Steud.) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cymbopogon gidarba (Buch.-Ham. ex Steud.) A.Camus
  • Vernacular name :
    • Seetha kasi gaddi, Thigavomigaddi (Telugu)
    • Seetha kasi gaddi, Thigavomigaddi (Telugu)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Cymbopogon gidarba occurs on uplands in India. It has a narrower, more contracted compound panicle and shorter, 2–2.5 mm, narrowly elliptic spatheoles, with the peduncle not or only very shortly exserted from near the middle of the spatheole. The spikelets are also slightly smaller, with the sessile spikelet 3.2–4 mm.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-October
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
  • Collection Date : 26/11/2015
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-E-237; HJCB-0412
  • Collection Locality : Palamaneru Ghat, Chittoor district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district
    • Karnataka : Ballari district
    • Maharashtra : Kolhapur district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Koraput district, Mayurbhanj district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 262
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cymbopogon gidarba. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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