Dichanthium filiculme (Hook.f.) Jain & Deshpande
MG105 : Dichanthium filiculme (Hook.f.) Jain & Deshpande
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Capillipedium filiculme (Hook.f.) Stapf;
Andropogon filiculmis Hook.f.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae |
| Description | : | Annual herbs; culms 30-80 cm long, slender, weak, creeping or geniculate; nodes villous or glabrous. Leaves lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, 2-5 x 0.4-0.6 cm; ligules ovate, acute, membranous. Panicles 3-10 cm long, open or contracted; joints 1-2 mm long, ciliate. Sessile spikelets oblong or elliptic, 2-3 mm villous or glabrous; callus shortly bearded; lower glume ovate, acute, 2-2.5 x 1 mm long, subcoriaceous, 7-nerved, sparsely villous or glabrous; upper glume oblong-lanceolate, 2-2.5 x 1 mm, chartaceous, faintly 3-5 nerved, margins delicate, hyaline; lower floret empty; upper floret bisexual; first lemma oblong, obtuse, 1-1.5 x 0.75 mm, delicate, hyaline; second lemma stipitate, 1-2 mm, delicate; awn 10-12 mm long, column c. 5 mm long; stamens 3, anthers 1-1.5 mm long; ovary oblong, c. 0.25 mm; styles 0.5-1 mm long, slender, stigmas 1-1.5 mm long. Pedicelled spikelets usually reduced or sterile; pedicels 1-2 mm long, ciliate. |
| 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/263804 |
| 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 | : Dichanthium Willem. - bluestem |
| Species | : Dichanthium filiculme (Hook.f.) Jain & Deshpande |