Leersia hexandra Sw.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Asprella hexandra (Sw.) P.Beauv.; Homalocenchrus hexander (Sw.) Kuntze; Oryza hexandra (Sw.) Döll; Asprella australis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.; Asprella brasiliensis (Spreng.) Schult.; Asprella mexicana (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.; Asprella purpurea Bojer; Blepharochloa ciliata Endl.; Homalocenchrus gouinii (E.Fourn.) Kuntze; Hygroryza ciliata (Retz.) Steud.; Leersia abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Leersia aegyptiaca Fig. & De Not.; Leersia australis R.Br.; Leersia brasiliensis Spreng.; Leersia capensis Müll.Hal.; Leersia ciliaris Griff.; Leersia ciliata (Retz.) Roxb.; Leersia compressa A.Chev.; Leersia contracta Nees; Leersia dubia F.Aresch.; Leersia elongata Willd. ex Trin.; Leersia ferox Fig. & De Not.; Leersia glaberrima Trin.; Leersia gouinii E.Fourn.; Leersia gracilis Willd. ex Trin.; Leersia griffithiana Müll.Hal.; Leersia luzonensis J.Presl; Leersia mauritanica Salzm. ex Trin.; Leersia mauritiaca Salzm. ex Trin.; Leersia mexicana Kunth; Leersia parviflora Desv.; Leersia triniana Sieber ex Trin.; Oryza australis R.Br. ex Schweinf.; Oryza mexicana (Kunth) Döll; Pharus ciliatus Retz.; Pseudoryza ciliata (Retz.) Griff.; Zizania ciliata (Retz.) Spreng.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Leersia hexandra Sw.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Wetlands
  • Comments / notes : Rare; in rice fields and in shallow water tanks, usually submerged
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha, K.P.Sreenath
  • Collection Date : 02/12/1978
  • Collection Nos : KFP 4862
  • Collection Locality : Bannerghatta, Bangalore district
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district
    • Maharashtra : Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Sindhudurg district
    • Odisha : Throughout Odisha
    • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Alabama, Algeria, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Argentina, Arkansas, Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Colo
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Tropics of the Old & New World
  • 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
    • 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.
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 293
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Leersia hexandra. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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