Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MG126 : Paspalum canarae (Steud.) Veldkamp

Plant Category : Grasses

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

Synonym : Panicum canarae Steud.; Paspalum canarae fimbriatum (Bor) Veldkamp; Paspalum compactum var. fimbriatum Bor; Paspalum costatum Hochst. ex Steud., pro syn.; Paspalum miliaria Müll.Hal.;

Plant Common Name : -

Plant Family : Poaceae

Description : Annuals, decumbent-ascending; nodes hairy. Leaves 1.5-4.0 x 0.5-1.2 cm, ovate-elliptic to lanceolate, tubercle-based hairy on both sides and along margin, nerves raised above. Racemes 1-2 cm long. Spikelets c 0.2 cm long ovoid; lower glumes c 0.15 cm long, elliptic-oblong, hyaline winged in upper half, margin long ciliate; upper glumes c 0.2 cm long, ovate.

Plant Location in Melghat : -

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Plant's Current Status : IUCN Red List - Least Concern

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.oiirj.org/oiirj/mar apr2014/21.pdf

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 : Paspalum L. - crowngrass
Species : Paspalum canaroe (Stcut)

Paspalum canaroe (Stcut)