Chloris barbata
Chloris barbata
MG094 : Chloris barbata Sw.
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Andropogon barbatus Linn.;
Chloris inflata Link.;
Chloris refuscens Steud.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Perennial; culms up to 1 m high, loosely tufted, stoloniferous, glabrous below the inflorescence. Leaf-blades flat, rarely involute, up to 40 cm long, 2-3 mm wide, tapering towards the apex. Inflorescence of 5-12(22) digitate, loose to spreading, purplish, feathery spikes 4-8 cm long. Spikelets 3-flowered, 3-awned; lower glume 1.2-1.5 mm long; upper glume 1.7-25 mm long; lowest lemma narrowly ovate-elliptic in side-view, 2-2.5 mm long, pallid, sparsely to densely ciliate on the margins and keel, the awn 4.5-7 mm long; callus rounded, ciliate; 2nd lemma a glabrous clavate scale 1-1.5 mm long, projecting from the side of the lowest lemma, different in shape, its awn 2.5-7 mm long; 3rd lemma also reduced to a glabrous clavate scale 1 mm long, its awn 3-5 mm long. Fl. & Fr. Per.: April-May. |
| 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=200025054 |
| 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 | : Chloris Sw. - windmill grass |
| Species | : Chloris barbata |