Dichanthium filiculme (Hook.f.) S.K.Jain & Deshp.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Andropogon filiculmis Hook.f.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Capillipedium filiculme (Hook.f.) Stapf
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Dry rocky areas, road cuttings and forests
  • Comments / notes : Occasional in the plains and forests
  • Flower, Fruit : August-March
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Uttara Kannada district, Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Dharwad district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Pathanamthitta district
    • Maharashtra : Amravati district, Aurangabad district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Kolhapur district, Nanded district, Nashik district, Parbhani district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah, T., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 3.
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dichanthium filiculme. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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