Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A.Camus

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Basionym : Andropogon vimineus Trin.
  • Synonym(s) : Arthraxon nodosus Kom.; Eulalia cantonensis (Rendle) Hitchc.; Eulalia viminea (Trin.) Kuntze; Microstegium aristulatum Robyns & Tournay; Microstegium cantonense (Rendle) A.Camus; Microstegium debile (Balansa) A.Camus; Microstegium dilatatum Koidz.; Microstegium imberbe (Nees ex Steud.) Tzvelev; Microstegium nodosum (Kom.) Tzvelev; Microstegium reticulatum B.S.Sun ex H.Peng & X.Yang; Microstegium vimineum var. loharkhetianum Kandwal & B.K.Gupta; Microstegium vimineum subsp. nodosum (Kom.) Tzvelev; Microstegium vimineum f. polystachyum (Franch. & Sav.) T.Koyama; Microstegium vimineum f. willdenovianum (Nees) Osada; Microstegium willdenovianum Nees; Pollinia cantonensis Rendle; Pollinia debilis Balansa; Pollinia dilatata Koidz.; Pollinia imberbis Nees ex Steud.; Pollinia viminea (Trin.) Merr.; Pollinia willdenoviana (Nees) Benth.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A.Camus
  • Common name : Japanese stiltgrass, Packing grass, Nepalese browntop
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Forest margins, moist grassy places
  • Comments / notes : This is a variable species, usually with apparently awnless spikelets, where in fact a weakly developed awn is enclosed within the glumes. Sometimes the awn is exserted and obvious; rarely it is completely absent. The fertile lemma is accompanied by an ovate upper palea, clasping the opposite side of the caryopsis. Additionally an inconspicuous, linear-filiform remnant of the lower floret is often present.
  • Key identification features : Lower glume with transverse veinlets below apex; leaf blades 5-8 mm wide
  • Flower, Fruit : August-November
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Bageshwar district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bhutan, China, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Primorye, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to Japan and Jawa
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 268
    • Indian J. Forest. 32(1): 171. 2009.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Microstegium vimineum. Downloaded on 6 February 2025.

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