Paspalidium geminatum (Forssk.) Stapf - Egyptian panicgrass
MG059 : Paspalidium geminatum (Forssk.) Stapf
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 622 |
| Synonym | : | Panicum fluitans Retz.;
Panicum geminatum Forssk.;
Panicum paspaloides Pers.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Egyptian Panicgrass, Egyptian Watercrown Grass, Egyptian paspalidium |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Perennial, with creeping or floating ± spongy rhizomes; culms 10-60 cm high, prostrate and rooting at the lower nodes. Leaf-blades 5-30 cm long, 2-10 mm wide, flat or folded, setaceously acuminate. Inflorescence 5-30 cm long; racemes 0.54 cm long, usually less than their own length apart, their rhachis narrowly winged from a triquetrous midrib, 0.5-1 mm wide, glabrous or sparsely ciliate. Spikelets ovate, 1.6-2.6(2.9) mm long; lower glume truncate, a quarter to a third the length of the spikelet; upper glume two-thirds to four-fifths the length of the spikelet; lower floret with a palea, its lemma as long as the spikelet, the nerves not raised; upper lemma granulose. Fl. & Fr. Per.: mostly October-January, but sometimes as early as August or as late as March. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In wet habitats,also floating in ponds |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| 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=220009993 |
| 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 | : Paspalidium Stapf - watercrown grass |
| Species | : Paspalidium geminatum (Forssk.) Stapf - Egyptian panicgrass |