Neyraudia reynaudiana (Kunth) Keng ex Hitchc.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Arundo reynaudiana Kunth; Arundo madagascariensis var. zollingeri (Buse) Hook.f.; Arundo zollingeri Buse; Neyraudia arundinacea var. zollingeri (Buse) Henrard; Neyraudia fanjingshanensis L.Liu; Neyraudia madagascariensis var. zollingeri (Buse) Hook.f.; Neyraudia mezii (Janowski) Veldkamp; Phragmites zollingeri (Buse) Steud.; Thysanolaena mezii Janowski
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Neyraudia reynaudiana (Kunth) Keng ex Hitchc.
  • Common name : Burma reed, Silk reed, Cane grass, False reed,
  • Vernacular name :
    • Boronga-bon (Assamese)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Streamsides, hill slopes, rocky places, old walls
  • Key identification features : Reed-like perennial herbs; Leaf-sheaths woolly at throat; Inflorescence large panicle; spikelets 4-8 flowered; lowest 1 or 2 lemmas empty and resembling glumes.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-December
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Tirap
    • 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 : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 269
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 296
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Neyraudia reynaudiana. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.

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