Eragrostis nutans (Nees) Nees ex Steud.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Poa nutans Retz.; Eragrostis diandra Roxb. ex Boiss.; Eragrostis guangxiensis S.C.Sun & H.Q.Wang
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eragrostis nutans (Retz.) Nees ex Steud.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Lake shores and bunds of paddy fields
  • Comments / notes : Often on plains.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-December
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy; B.R.Ramesh, S.B.Manohar
  • Collection Date : 9-10-2010, 9-1-1980
  • Collection Nos : SRU 41966, KFP 10675
  • Collection Locality : Gollalaguduru, Kadapa district; Tumkur-Jogihalli road, Tumkuru district
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Mysuru district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Nagpur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district
    • Odisha : Kendrapara district, Cuttack district
    • Tamil Nadu : Common
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, China, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, China, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam
  • 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
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • 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
    • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 288
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eragrostis nutans. Downloaded on 6 December 2024.

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