Ichnanthus vicinus (Bailey) Merr.

 
  • 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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