- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eragrostis gangetica (Roxb.) Steud.
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Along banks of streams and grasslands
- Comments / notes : Occasional on plains up to 1000m, along river beds.
- Flower, Fruit : July-March
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy, B. Sadasivaiah
- Collection Date : 10/03/2010
- Collection Nos : FAP 40342
- Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Anantapur district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, West Godavari district, Anantapur district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Throughout Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Common
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Punjab : Punjab
- World Distribution : Paleotropics
- 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
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari 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
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eragrostis gangetica. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.
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