Chloris dolichostachya
Chloris dolichostachya
MG096 : Chloris dolichostachya Lag.
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 573 |
| Synonym | : | Enteropogon dolichostachyus (Lag.) Keng;
Chloris digitata (Roxb.) Steud.;
Chloris incompleta Roth;
Chloris medinipurensis D.K.Dey, Pati & D.C.Pal;
Chloris panicea Willd.;
Chloris radiata B.Heyne ex Roth [Illegitimate];
Chloris roxburghii Edgew.;
Chloris tetrameris Trin.;
Ctenium digitatum (Roxb.) Spreng.; Cynodon elongatus Trin.;
Digitaria elongata (Trin.) Spreng.; Enteropogon dolichostachyus (Lag.) Keng ex Lazarides;
Gymnopogon digitatus Nees ex Steud. [Invalid];
Gymnopogon elongatus Nees ex Steud. [Invalid];
Lophacme incompleta (Roth) Chiov.; Melica digitata Roxb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Perennial; culms up to 1.2 m high, erect or geniculately ascending, sometimes rooting at the lower nodes. Leaf-blades flat, 10-25(40) cm long, 5-10(-15) mm wide, tapering to a fine point. Inflorescence of 4-6(-10) digitate, flexuous, often drooping spikes (7-)15-25 cm long. Spikelets 2-flowered, 2-awned; lower glume linear-lanceolate, 2-3 mm long; upper glume lanceolate, 4.5-6(-6.5) mm long including the short awn-point; lower lemma oblong-lanceolate when flattened, dorsally compressed, 4.5-6.5 mm long, green, scabrid on the back and margins, with an awn up to 12 mm long; callus rounded, ciliate; upper lemma embraced by the lower lemma, reduced to a minute oblong scale up to 1 mm long, bearded at the base, with an awn 2.5-4.5 mm long. Caryopsis dorsally compressed. Fl. & Fr. Per.: through-out most of the year. |
| 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 | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242312507 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); 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 dolichostachya |