Pogonatherum crinitum (Thunb.) Kunth

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Basionym : Andropogon crinitus Thunb.
  • Synonym(s) : Homoplitis crinita (Thunb.) Trin.; Ischaemum crinitum (Thunb.) Trin.; Pogonatherum saccharoideum var. crinitum (Thunb.) T.A.William; Andropogon monandrus Roxb.; Andropogon peduncularis Kunth; Cinna filiformis Llanos; Panicum polystachyum Burm. ex Kunth; Pogonatherum refractum Nees ex Hook. & Arn.; Pogonatherum saccharoideum var. monandrum (Roxb.) Hack.; Pogonopsis tenera J.Presl; Pollinia monandra (Roxb.) Spreng.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pogonatherum crinitum (Thunb.) Kunth
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Grasslands, Open areas
  • Flower, Fruit : February-September
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 11/04/1970
  • Collection Nos : CJS 16805
  • Collection Locality : Panorama point, Shiradi ghat, Hassan district
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Pune district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Cuddalore district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district, Tiruvallur district, Tirunelveli district, Virudhunagar district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Lohit, Subansiri, 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, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Su
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • 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
    • Henry, Chithra & Balakrishnan (1989). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol.1
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 303
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pogonatherum crinitum. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

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