Echinochloa cruspavonis (Kunth) Schult.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Echinochloa aristata Raspail; Echinochloa crus-galli var. crus-pavonis (Kunth) Hitchc.; Echinochloa crus-galli var. macera (Wiegand) Shinners; Echinochloa crus-galli f. sabulicola (Nees) Farw.; Echinochloa crus-pavonis var. macera (Wiegand) Gould; Echinochloa kimayalaensis Vanderyst; Echinochloa sabulicola (Nees) Hitchc.; Echinochloa zelayensis var. macera Wiegand; Echinochloa zelayensis var. subaristata Wiegand; Oplismenus angustifolius E.Fourn.; Oplismenus crus-pavonis Kunth; Oplismenus jamaicensis Kunth; Oplismenus sabulicola (Nees) Kunth; Panicum aristatum Macfad.; Panicum crus-pavonis (Kunth) Nees; Panicum horridum Salzm. ex Steud.; Panicum jamaicense (Kunth) Steud.; Panicum sabulicola Nees
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Echinochloa crus-pavonis (Kunth) Schult.
  • Common name : Gulf cockspur grass
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Streamsides and other damp places
  • Comments / notes : This is a segregate from Echinochloa crusgalli with a larger, more branched inflorescence and smaller spikelets.
  • Key identification features : Racemes distinctly compound with many short branchlets; spikelets 2-3 mm; awn of lower lemma 1-1.5 cm
  • Flower, Fruit : April-July
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Som
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Alabama, Argentina, Arizona, Arkansas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Columbia, California, Chile, Colombia, Colorado, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kansas, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Guinea, New Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Oklahoma, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, West Himalaya, Windward Is.
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 264
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Echinochloa cruspavonis. Downloaded on 2 November 2024.

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