| 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; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| 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. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| 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 |