Arthraxon prionodes
MG113 : Arthraxon prionodes (Steud.)
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 558 |
| Synonym | : | Andropogon prionodes Steud.;
Andropogon serrulatus A. Rich.;
Arthraxon serrulatus Hochst.;
Bathratherum serrulatum Hochst. ex Steud.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Perennial, arising from a knotty base covered in silky scales; culms up to 60 cm long, hard, wiry, trailing. Leaf-blades narrowly lanceolate to ovate, 2-7 cm long, 4-20 mm wide, tuberculate-ciliate on the margins, setaceously acuminate. Inflorescence of 2-8 racemes, each 4-7 cm long; internodes pilose. Sessile spikelet linear to narrowly lanceolate, 5.6.5 mm long; lower glume rounded on the back, spinously muricate on the keels and sometimes also on the indistinct dorsal nerves; awn 8-15 mm long; anthers 3, 2.5-3.5 mm long. Pedicelled spikelet narrowly lanceo¬late, 4-5 mm long. Fl. & Fr. Per.: June-September or 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 | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242420553 |
| 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 | : Arthraxon P.Beauv. - carpetgrass |
| Species | : Arthraxon prionodes |