Tripogon jacquemontii Stapf
Tripogon jacquemontii Stapf
MG082 : Tripogon jacquemontii Stapf
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 647 |
| Synonym | : | |
| Plant Common Name | : | |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Perennial; caespitose. Culms erect; 20–90 cm long. Culm-nodes glabrous. Leaf-sheaths 3–6.5 cm long; keeled; striately veined; glabrous on surface. Ligule a ciliate membrane. Leaf-blades filiform; involute; 5–10 cm long; 1–2.5 mm wide; stiff; glaucous. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade apex acute. Inflorescence composed of racemes. Racemes 1; single; straight, or arcuate; unilateral; 5–25 cm long. Rhachis flattened. Spikelet packing broadside to rhachis; regular; 2 -rowed. Spikelets appressed; solitary. Fertile spikelets sessile. Spikelets comprising 8–36 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets linear; laterally compressed; 7.5–35 mm long; 2–2.5 mm wide; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus bearded. Glumes persistent; similar; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume lanceolate; asymmetrical; 2.5 mm long; 0.5 length of upper glume; membranous; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex with a unilateral tooth; mucronate. Upper glume oblong; 4–5 mm long; 1 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Upper glume lateral veins absent. Upper glume apex truncate; mucronate. Fertile lemma ovate; 4 mm long; membranous; without keel; 3 -veined. Lemma lateral veins excurrent. Lemma apex lobed; 2 -fid; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn from a sinus; 1.5–2 mm long overall. Palea 1 length of lemma; 2 -veined. Palea keels scaberulous. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In open grasslands |
| 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://static1.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/imp10515.htm |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| 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 | : Tripogon |
| Species | : Tripogon jacquemontii Stapf |