Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MG070 : Setaria pallidefusca (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.

Plant Category : Grasses

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 633

Synonym : Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.; Chaetochloa glauca var. purpurea Farw.; Chaetochloa lutescens var. longispica Honda; Oplismenus helvolus (L.f.) P.Beauv.; Panicum flavescens Moench [Illegitimate]; Panicum glaucum var. elongatum Pers; Panicum helvolum L.f.; Panicum holcoides J.Jacq. [Illegitimate]; Panicum imberbe var. pumilum (Poir.) Nees; Panicum lutescens f. pumilum Poir.; Panicum luteum Gueldenst. [Invalid]; Panicum pallidefuscum Schumach.; Panicum pumilum Poir.; Panicum rubiginosum Steud.; Pennisetum helvolum (L.f.) R.Br.; Setaria aurea var. rubiginosa (Steud.) Peter; Setaria auricoma Link ex A.Braun; Setaria boninensis Nakai [Invalid]; Setaria breviglumis St.-Lag.; Setaria dasyura Schlecht.; Setaria erythraeae Mattei; Setaria glauca f. abyssinica Pilg; Setaria helvola (L.f.) Roem. & Schult.; Setaria laeta de Wit; Setaria lutescens var. dura I.C.Chung; Setaria pumila subsp. pallide-fusca (Schumach.) B.K. Simon; Setaria rubiginosa (Steud.) Miq; Setaria sciuroidea C.Muell.; Setaria ustilata de Wit;

Plant Common Name : Lungat, K-Kulko Zara, cat's tail grass, horsegrass, pigeon grass, Queensland pigeon grass, yellow foxtail,

Plant Family : Poaceae / Gramineae

Description : Loosely tufted annual; culms 5-130 cm high, ascending. Leaf-blades linear, 3-30 cm long, 2-10 mm wide. Panicle spiciform, cylindrical, 1-10(20) cm long, the rhachis tomentellus; bristles 3-12 mm long, slender, commonly fulvous. Spikelets ovate, 1.5-3.5 mm long; both glumes one-third to two-thirds the length of the spikelet; lower floret male or sterile, its palea almost as long as the lemma; upper lemma rugose to corrugate, rarely almost smooth. Fl & Fr. Per.: June-October.

Plant Location in Melghat : On forest floor among tall grasses

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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=242348799

Reference : ~ Dikshit Nilamani; "Two new records of Poaceae to the Flora of Melghat Biosphere Reserve, Amravati, India"; Journal on New Biological Reports (2014); 3(2): 133-136 PMID :

~ 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 : Setaria
Species : Setaria pallidefusca (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.

Setaria pallidefusca (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
Setaria pallidefusca (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
Setaria pallidefusca (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.