Panicum phoiniclados Naik & Patunkar
MG055 : Panicum phoiniclados Naik & Patunkar
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 618 |
| Synonym | : | - |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Perennial; caespitose; clumped densely. Rhizomes short. Culms erect; 60–120 cm long; woody. Culm-nodes glabrous. Lateral branches ample; arising from mid culm and upper culm. Leaf-sheaths without keel; glabrous on surface. Ligule a ciliate membrane; 0.6–0.9 mm long. Collar glabrous. Leaf-blades erect, or ascending, or spreading; 10–40 cm long; 3–8 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scaberulous. Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle contracted; linear; 5–28 cm long. Primary panicle branches appressed. Panicle branches scabrous.
Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate, or elliptic; dorsally compressed; acuminate; 2.4–2.8 mm long; falling entire. Glumes reaching apex of florets; thinner than fertile lemma. Lower glume ovate; 0.6–1 mm long; 0.4 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex cuspidate. Upper glume ovate; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 7–9 -veined. Upper glume apex acute. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Along water margins of streams in Rangubeli |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Not Common |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://static1.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/imp07185.htm |
| 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 | : |
| Order | : Poales |
| Family | : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family |
| Genus | : Panicum |
| Species | : Panicum phoiniclados Naik & Patunkar |