Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MG042 : Hackelochloa granularis (L.) Kuntze

Plant Category : Grasses

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 604

Synonym : Cenchrus granularis L.; Manisuris granularis (L.) L.f.; Manisuris granularis (L.) Sw.; Manisuris granularis L.; Manisuris polystachya P.Beauv.; Mnesithea granularis (L.) de Koning & Sosef; Rottboellia granularis (L.) Roberty; Rytilix glandulosa Raf.; Rytilix granularis (L.) Skeels; Tripsacum granulare (L.) Raspail;

Plant Common Name : pitscale grass

Plant Family : Poaceae / Gramineae

Description : Annual; culms 5-100 cm high, erect. Leaf-blades linear-lanceolate, 2-15 cm long, 4-12 mm wide, coarsely hispid, subamplexicaul. Racemes 5-15 mm long. Sessile spikelet about 1 mm long; upper glume narrowly crested at the apex. Pedicelled spikelet 1.5 -2.5 mm long.

Plant Location in Melghat : -

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Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=220005961

Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Subclass : Commelinidae
Order : Cyperales
Family : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family
Genus : Hackelochloa Kuntze - pitscale grass
Species : Hackelochloa granularis (L.) Kuntze - pitscale grass

Hackelochloa granularis (L.) Kuntze - pitscale grass
Hackelochloa granularis (L.) Kuntze - pitscale grass