Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MG087 : Arthraxon lancifolius trin

Plant Category : Grasses

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

Synonym : Andropogon lancifolius Trin.; Andropogon multicaulis Steud.; Arthraxon microphyllus of Hook. f.; Arthraxon molle (Nees) Duthie; Arthraxon schimperi (Hochst ex A. Rich.) Hochst.; Bathratherum molle Nees; Lucaea schimperi (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Steud.; Pleuroplitis lancifolia (Trin.) Regel; Psilopogon schimperi Hochst. ex A. Rich.; Psilopogon schimperi* (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Regel;

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Plant Family : Poaceae / Gramineae

Description : Annual; culms slender, 5-30 cm long, usually trailing. Leaf-blades lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 1-4 cm long, 3-10 mm wide, delicate, flaccid. Inflorescence of 2-9 racemes, each 1-2 cm long; internodes long-ciliate, the hairs attaining 1-2 mm towards the summit. Sessile spikelet linear, 2-3(-5) mm long; lower glume membranous, strongly convex on the back, scaberulous; upper glume produced into a fine bristle 0.5-1.5 mm long; awn 6-10 mm long; anthers 2, 0.3-0.6 mm long. Pedicelled spikelet lanceolate, 1 -2(-3) mm long, rarely quite suppressed. Fl. & Fr. Per.: July-October.

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Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Kokate, U.R. and Muratkar, G.D., "Study of the effect of invasive species on the development of grass meadows of Melghat Tiger Reserve, Amravati Maharashtra", Online International Interdisciplinary Research Journal, ISSN2249: 9598,(2014) Volume IV, Issue II, pp. 155 to 165 - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242304992

Reference : ~ Kokate, U.R. and Muratkar, G.D.; "Study of the effect of invasive species on the development of grass meadows of Melghat Tiger Reserve, Amravati Maharashtra"; Online International Interdisciplinary Research Journal (2014); 4(2): 155-165 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 : Arthraxon P.Beauv. - carpetgrass
Species : Arthraxon lancifolius trin

Arthraxon lancifolius trin