Tripogon bromoides R. & S.
MH389 : Tripogon bromoides Roth
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Avena mysorensis Spreng.;
Bromus myurus F.Heyne ex Hook.f., nom. inval.;
Catapodium fusiforme Nees ex Benth., pro syn.;
Dinebra calycina Wight ex Nees, pro syn.;
Festuca mysorensis B.Heyne ex Roth, nom. inval.;
Plagiolytrum calycinum Nees.;
Triathera bromoides (Roem. & Schult.) Roth ex Kunth, pro syn.;
Tripogon bromoides var. major Hook.f.;
Tripogon festucoides Jaub. & Spach;
Tripogon griffithii Nees & Arn. ex Steud., pro syn.;
Tripogon lanatus Hochst. ex Steud.;
Tripogon zeylanicus Thwaites.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Herbs, perennial tufted with convolute leaves and close spikeletes. Perennial; caespitose. Butt sheaths persistent and investing base of culm; with fibrous dead sheaths. Culms 20–40 cm long. Culm-nodes glabrous. Lateral branches lacking. Leaf-sheaths scaberulous; glabrous on surface, or pilose. Leaf-sheath oral hairs bearded. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; 0.2 mm long. Leaf-blades filiform, or linear; flat, or involute; 10–20 cm long; 1–2.5 mm wide; stiff. Leaf-blade surface scaberulous; rough adaxially; glabrous to hirsute. Leaf-blade apex acuminate. Inflorescence composed of racemes. Racemes 1; single; straight, or arcuate; unilateral; 5.5–8 cm long. Rhachis flattened; scaberulous on margins; glabrous on margins, or ciliate on margins. Spikelet packing broadside to rhachis; regular; 2 -rowed. Spikelets appressed; solitary. Fertile spikelets sessile. Spikelets comprising 7 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 9–10 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus bearded. Floret callus hairs 1–1.5 mm long. Glumes persistent; similar; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume lanceolate; 3–3.5 mm long; 0.66 length of upper glume; membranous; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Lower glume primary vein scaberulous. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex dentate; 2 -fid; muticous, or mucronate. Upper glume elliptic; 4.5–5 mm long; 1.2 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Upper glume primary vein thickened (obtusely). Upper glume lateral veins absent. Upper glume apex entire, or dentate; 2 -fid; acuminate; muticous, or mucronate. Fertile lemma elliptic; 3.5–4 mm long; membranous; without keel; 3 -veined. Lemma apex lobed; 3 -fid; with central lobe bidentate; mucronate, or awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn from a sinus; 0.5–4 mm long overall. Palea 1 length of lemma; 2 -veined. Palea keels smooth, or scabrous. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Chikhaldara, Bhimkund |
| 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
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=3&taxon_id=200026422
- http://static1.kew.org/data/grasses_db/www/imp10508.htm
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/252622 |
| 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 | : Tripogon |
| Species | : Tripogon bromoides R. & S. |