Digitaria bicornis (Lam.) R. & S. ex Loud.
Digitaria bicornis (Lam.) R. & S. ex Loud.
MH375 : Digitaria bicornis (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Digitaria barbata Willd.;
Digitaria barbulata Desv.;
Digitaria bicornis subsp. gamblei Henrard.;
Digitaria bicornis subsp. lamarckiana Henrard, nom. inval.;
Digitaria biformis Willd.;
Digitaria biformis subsp. desvauxii Henrard.;
Digitaria biformis subsp. willdenowii Henrard.;
Digitaria biformis var. rachiseta Bor, no Latin descr.;
Digitaria commutata Schult.;
Digitaria corymbosa subsp. marattensis Henrard.;
Digitaria diversiflora Swallen.;
Digitaria nuda subsp. senegalensis Henrard.;
Digitaria queenslandica Henrard.;
Digitaria rottleri Roem. & Schult., pro syn.;
Digitaria sanguinalis f. barbata Henrard, pro syn.;
Digitaria sanguinalis f. commutata (Schult.) Haines.;
Digitaria setigera subsp. marattensis (Henrard) Bor.;
Panicum adpressum Willd., nom. illeg.;
Panicum aegyptiacum var. blepharanthum (T.Durand & Schinz) Chiov.;
Panicum appressum Kunth, nom. illeg.;
Panicum barbatum (Willd.) Kunth, nom. illeg.;
Panicum bicorne (Lam.) Kunth.;
Panicum biforme (Willd.) Kunth.;
Panicum ciliare A.Rich., nom. illeg.;
Panicum commutatum (Schult.) Nees, nom. illeg.;
Panicum glaucescens Nees, nom. illeg.;
Panicum macrostachyum Hochst. ex T.Durand & Schinz, pro syn.;
Panicum neesii Kunth.;
Panicum sanguinale var. barcaldinense Domin.;
Panicum sanguinale var. biforme (Willd.) Hack. ex T.Durand & Schinz.;
Panicum sanguinale var. blepharanthum T.Durand & Schinz.;
Panicum sanguinale var. macrostachyum T.Durand & Schinz, nom. nud.;
Paspalum bicorne Lam.;
Paspalum sanguinale var. commutatum (Schult.) Hook.f.;
Syntherisma barbata (Willd.) Nash.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Annual or parennial Herbs 100-175 cm tall with nodding racemes. Annuals. Culms to 50 cm high; nodes glabrous. Leaves 4-10 x 0.3-0.6 cm, linear-lanceolate, base rounded, apex acute or acuminate; sheaths lax, to 5 cm long; ligules to 3 mm long, truncate, membranous. Racemes usually 2, rarely 3 or more, each 5-12 cm long. Rhachis winged, serrate. Spikelets binate, heteromorphous, 2.5-3.5 mm long, oblong-elliptic, sessile ones glabrous or sparsely pubescent, pedicelled ones pectinate, pubescent. Lower glume scaly, sometimes absent. Upper glume 1-2.5 mm long, lanceolate, chartaceous, silky pubescent. Lower floret empty. Upper floret bisexual. First lemma 2.5-3.5 x 1 mm, elliptic-lanceolate, chartaceous, 7-nerved. Second lemma 2.5-3 x 1 mm, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, crustaceous. Palea 2.5-3 x 0.5-1 mm, elliptic-lanceolate, crustaceous, 2-keeled. Stamens 3; anthers c. 1 mm. Stigmas c. 1 mm long pink. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Umarkhed Forest |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/258742
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew_408799
- https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=dibi
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200025246 |
| Reference | : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Poales |
| Family | : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family |
| Genus | : Digitaria |
| Species | : Digitaria bicornis (Lam.) R. & S. ex Loud. |