Ischaemum barbatum Retz.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ischaemum mangaluricum (Hack.) Stapf ex C.E.C.Fisch.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ischaemum barbatum Retz.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Along banks of lakes and streams, found in rocky habitats, as a weed in paddy fields
  • Comments / notes : Rare on rocks and in rocks crevices along streams, near water falls
  • Flower, Fruit : October-January
  • Collection Nos : HFP 1593
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Pune district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district, Nashik district, Kolhapur district, Raigad district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philipiens, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ischaemum barbatum. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

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