Arthraxon lanceolatus Hochst
Arthraxon lanceolatus Hochst
Arthraxon lanceolatus Hochst
MG089 : Arthraxon lanceolatus (Roxb.) Hochst.
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Arthraxon echinatus (Nees) Hochst.;
Andropogon echinatus (Nees) B.Heyne ex Steud.;
Andropogon echinatus Edgew. (Unresolved);
Arthraxon echinatus (Nees) K. Heyne ex Kuntze;
Arthraxon lanceolatus var. echinatus (Nees) Hack.;
Arthraxon spathaceus Hook.f.; Batratherum echinatum Nees.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Culms to 60 cm high, nodes glabrous or hairy. Leaves 1.5-5 x 0.2-1.2 cm, ovate-lanceolate, amplexicaule at base, strongly ciliate along margins; sheath rounded, ciliate along one margin, ligule a fimbriate membrane. Racemes few together, 3-6 cm long. Sessile spikelets 5-6 mm long, callus hairy; lower glume 5-6 x 1 mm, lanceolate, acute, 5-7 nerved, 2-keeled, spinulose, margins infolded; upper glume to 5 x 1.5 mm, boat shaped; first lemma hyaline; upper lemma awned; awn geniculate; stigmas 2 mm long. Pedicelled spikelets developed with one barren and one male florets. |
| 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
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/252674 |
| 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 lanceolatus Hochst |