Panicum psilopodium Trin.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Milium attenuatum Moench; Panicum albidulum Steud.; Panicum attenuatum (Moench) Moench; Panicum attenuatum (Moench) Willd.; Panicum crispum Llanos; Panicum miliaceum var. attenuatum (Moench) Willd.; Panicum miliare var. hirtum Hook.f.; Panicum paianum var. minus Naik & Patunkar; Panicum psilopodium Trin.; Panicum psilopodium var. coloratum Hook.f.; Panicum psilopodium var. epaleatum Keng f. ex S.L.Chen, T.D.Zhuang & X.L.Yang; Panicum royleanum Nees ex Steud.; Panicum simplex Rottler ex Trin.; Panicum simplex Willd. ex Spreng.; Panicum sumatrense subsp. psilopodium (Trin.) De Wet; Panicum virgatum Roxb. ex Steud.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Panicum sumatrense Roth
  • Common name : Millet rampant
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kuree (Sanskrit)
    • Saga (Marathi)
    • Kodaikanai, Piva pullu, Pattu pullu (Telugu)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy areas
  • Comments / notes : Common, Often on hills and plains, partly submerged.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-October
  • Collector(s) Name : S.R. Ramesh, B.R. Ramesh
  • Collection Date : 13/09/1979
  • Collection Nos : KFP 9202
  • Collection Locality : Kudligi-Mariyammanahalli, Bellari district (KA)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Davanagare district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district, Ballari district
    • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
    • Odisha : Khurda district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district
    • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Japan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • 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.
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Panicum psilopodium. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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