- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Hildaea pallens var. major (Nees) C.Silva & R.P.Oliveira; Panicum pallens var. majus Nees; Ichnanthus bacularius Swallen; Ichnanthus bradei K.E.Rogers; Ichnanthus brevipaniculatus K.E.Rogers; Ichnanthus candicans var. glabratus Döll; Ichnanthus glazioui K.E.Rogers; Ichnanthus nemorosus var. swartzii K.E.Rogers; Ichnanthus swallenii K.E.Rogers; Ichnanthus tonkinensis K.E.Rogers; Panicum nitens Merr.; Panicum pallens var. grandiflorum Trin. ex Nees; Panicum paludicola Miq.; Panicum vicinum F.M.Bailey
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ichnanthus pallens var. majus (Nees) Stieber
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Margins of Tropical evergreen forests
- Key identification features : Perennial herbs; culms slender, decumbent at base, pubescent; Leaves oblong-Ianceolate, amplexicaul, sheaths split, margin ciliate; Panicle subpyramidal, emerging from uppermost sheath; branches drooping, hispid or white woolly; spikelets lanceolate.
- Flower, Fruit : March-December
- Collector(s) Name : H.O.Saxena
- Collection Date : 05/09/1972
- Collection Nos : RRL 861
- Collection Locality : Botanical garden, Barang, Odisha
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Thrissur district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Koraput district, Khurda district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Lohit, Siang
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Jawa, Leeward Islands, Liberia, Malaya, Mexico, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, S
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Jawa, Leeward Islands, Liberia, Malaya, Mexico, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 292
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ichnanthus vicinus. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.
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