Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MG084 : Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) P. Beauv.

Plant Category : Grasses

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -

Synonym : Digitaria hispidula (Retz.) Willd.; Echinochloa caudata Roshev. Echinochloa commutata Schult.; Echinochloa crus-corvi (L.) P.Beauv.; Echinochloa crus-pavonis var. austrojaponensis (Ohwi) S.L.Dai; Echinochloa crus-pavonis var. breviseta (Döll) S.L.Dai; Echinochloa crus-pavonis var. praticola (Ohwi) S.L.Dai; Echinochloa disticha St.-Lag. nom. illeg.; Echinochloa dubia Roem. & Schult.; Echinochloa echinata (Willd.) Nakai; Echinochloa formosensis (Ohwi) S.L.Dai; Echinochloa glabrescens Kossenko; Echinochloa hispida (E.Forst.) Schult.; Echinochloa macrocarpa var. aristata Vasinger; Echinochloa macrocarpa var. mutica Vasinger; Echinochloa macrocorvi Nakai; Echinochloa madagascariensis Mez; Echinochloa micans Kossenko; Echinochloa muricata var. occidentalis Wiegand; Echinochloa occidentalis (Wiegand) Rydb.; Echinochloa paracorvi Nakai; Echinochloa persistentia Z.S.Diao; Echinochloa pungens var. occidentalis; (Wiegand) Fernald & Griscom; Echinochloa spiralis Vasinger; Echinochloa zelayensis (Kunth) Schult.; Milium crus-galli (L.) Moench; Oplismenus crus-galli (L.) Dumort.; Oplismenus dubius (Roem. & Schult.) Kunth; Oplismenus echinatus (Willd.) Kunth; Oplismenus limosus J.Presl; Oplismenus zelayensis Kunth; Orthopogon crus-galli (L.) Spreng.; Orthopogon echinatus (Willd.) Spreng.; Panicum alectorocnemum St.-Lag. nom. illeg.; Panicum alectromerum Dulac nom. illeg.; Panicum corvi Thunb. nom. illeg.; Panicum corvipes Stokes nom. illeg.; Panicum cristagalli Gromov ex Trautv.; Panicum crus-galli L.; Panicum cruscorvi L.; Panicum echinatum Willd.; Panicum goiranii Rouy; Panicum grossum Salisb. nom. illeg.; Panicum hispidum G.Forst.; Panicum limosum J.Presl ex Nees; Panicum oryzetorum Sickenb. nom. illeg.; Panicum scindens Nees ex Steud.; Panicum zelayense (Kunth) Steud.; Pennisetum crus-galli (L.) Baumg.;

Plant Common Name : Dodoma, cockspur (or cockspur grass), barnyard millet, Japanese millet, water grass, common barnyard grass, or simply "barnyard grass"

Plant Family : Poaceae

Description : The plants are stout, pigmentation green, stem slender, leaves green, leaf blade pubescence glabrous, sheath pubescence glabrous, flat and broad to the extent of 2.5 cm. Inflorescence 10-20 cm, usually inclined or drooping, spike sessile or subsessile, erect and rarely decurved, spikelets 0.35 – 0.4 cm, long , ovoid, greenish or tinged purple, densely packed in 3 to 5 rows, turgid. Flowering and fruiting August-November. Plant height 90-110 cm, leaf length 25.0- 45.0 cm, leaf width 1.0-2.5 cm, peduncle length 13.1-23.9 cm, inflorescence length 25.6-42.3 cm, spike length 1.4-2.3 cm and inflorescence width 0.4-0.5 cm.

Plant Location in Melghat : Bod village, Dharni block

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Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dixit N., "Two new records of Poaceae to the Flora of Melghat Biospere Reserve, Amravati, India", Journal on New Biological Reports,(2014) 3(2):133 to 136 - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242319663

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 :

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
Genus : Echinochloa
Species : Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) P.Beauv.

Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) P.Beauv.
Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) P.Beauv.
Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) P.Beauv.
Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) P.Beauv.