Panicum brevifolium L.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Isachne biflora (Lam.) C.Cordem.; Isachne lamarckii Kunth; Isachne tricarinata Roth; Panicum agrioides Trin. ex Döll; Panicum amplexicaule Poir. ex Kunth; Panicum arborescens L.; Panicum bambusiculme Friis & Vollesen; Panicum biflorum Lam.; Panicum brevifolium var. hirtifolium (Ridl.) Jansen; Panicum dubium Lam.; Panicum gladiatum Wawra; Panicum glaucescens Lam.; Panicum guineense Desv. ex Poir.; Panicum hirtifolium Ridl.; Panicum hydrophilum Trin. ex Nees; Panicum litigosum Steud.; Panicum longiglume H.Peng & L.H.Zhou; Panicum mariae Steud.; Panicum minutum R.Br.; Panicum ovalifolium Poir.; Panicum plantagineum Schumach.; Panicum subobliquum Stapf; Panicum tricarinatum (Roth) Steud.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Panicum brevifolium L.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Thavalappullu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Margins of forests, backwaters and road sides
  • Flower, Fruit : October-January
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 09/12/1969
  • Collection Nos : CJS 15752
  • Collection Locality : Bannuhalla, Hassan district
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Bolangir district, Mayurbhanj district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Benin, Borneo, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, China, Comoros, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Benin, Borneo, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, China, Comoros, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Philippines, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • 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.: 297
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Panicum brevifolium. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

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