Andropogon ascinodis C.B.Clarke

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Andropogon apricus var. chinensis (Nees) Hack.; Cymbachne angustata var. chinensis (Nees) Roberty; Homoeatherum chinense Nees; Andropogon apricus var. indicus Hack.; Andropogon ascinodis C.B.Clarke; Andropogon lindiensis Pilg.; Andropogon lindiensis var. hirsutissimus Pilg.; Andropogon patris Robyns; Andropogon pseudoschinzii Stapf; Andropogon schinzii Hack.; Andropogon spanianthus Pilg.; Andropogon sylvaticus C.E.Hubb.; Cymbachne amplectens subvar. schinzii (Hack.) Roberty; Cymbachne angustata var. indica (Hack.) Roberty; Cymbachne guineensis subvar. lindiensis (Pilg.) Roberty; Sorghum schinzii (Hack.) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Andropogon chinensis (Nees) Merr.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Key identification features : Perennial grass; culms erect, sparingly branched; Leaves linear, scaberulous, reddish when dry; sheaths narrow, setaceous. Inflorescence a false panicle of paired raceme; rachis fragile; sessile spikelets oblong, hermaphrodite; pedicelled spikelets neuter; glumes awned.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-October
  • Collector(s) Name : V.Naik
  • Collection Date : 11/79
  • Collection Locality : Similipahar, Odisha
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Ni
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • 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
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 -Flora of Coorg
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 271-272
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Andropogon ascinodis. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

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