Schizachyrium brevifolium (Sw.) Nees ex Büse - serillo dulce
MG066 : Schizachyrium brevifolium (Sw.) Nees ex Büse
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 629 |
| Synonym | : | Andropogon brevifolius Sw.;
Andropogon brevifolius var. flaccidus (A.Rich.) Hack.;
Andropogon brevifolius var. minor Vanderyst, nom. provis.;
Andropogon brevifolius var. paradoxus (Buse) Ohwi;
Andropogon brevifolius var. pullus Franch. & Sav., nom. inval.;
Andropogon debilis Kunth;
Andropogon exsertus Steud., pro syn.;
Andropogon flaccidus A.Rich.;
Andropogon floridus Trin.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Annual. Culms rambling, or prostrate; slender; 5–60 cm long; 1–2 mm diam. Leaf-sheaths mostly shorter than adjacent culm internode. Ligule a ciliolate membrane. Leaf-blades 1–6 cm long; 1–7 mm wide. Leaf-blade apex obtuse. Synflorescence compound; scanty. Inflorescence composed of racemes; terminal and axillary; subtended by a spatheole; embraced at base by subtending leaf. Spatheole linear. Racemes 1; single; 1–2.5 cm long. Rhachis fragile at the nodes; semiterete; glabrous on margins, or ciliate on margins. Rhachis internodes linear. Rhachis internode tip cupuliform; with simple rim. Spikelets squeezed between internode and pedicel; in pairs. Fertile spikelets sessile; 1 in the cluster. Companion sterile spikelets pedicelled; 1 in the cluster. Pedicels linear; glabrous, or ciliate; tip widened. Companion sterile spikelets rudimentary; lanceolate; dorsally compressed; 1–1.5 mm long; shorter than fertile; deciduous with the fertile. Companion sterile spikelet glumes chartaceous; awned; one glume awned; with 3–6 mm long awn. Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 2–4 mm long; falling entire; deciduous with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus pilose; base obtuse; inserted. Glumes dissimilar; exceeding apex of florets; firmer than fertile lemma. Lower glume lanceolate; 1 length of spikelet; coriaceous; 2-keeled; keeled above; keeled frontally. Lower glume intercarinal veins obscure. Lower glume surface glabrous, or pilose. Upper glume lanceolate; membranous; 1-keeled. Upper glume apex acuminate. Basal sterile florets barren; without significant palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret oblong; hyaline; 2 -veined. Fertile lemma oblong; hyaline; without keel. Lemma apex entire (when awnless), or lobed; 2 -fid; incised 0.9 of lemma length; muticous (rarely), or awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn from a sinus; geniculate; 7–12 mm long overall; with twisted column. Column of lemma awn glabrous. Palea absent or minute. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | On forest floor among tall grasses. Collected only from Dhargad locality |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Rare |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://static1.kew.org/data/grasses db/www/imp09166.htm |
| 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 | : Schizachyrium Nees - little bluestem |
| Species | : Schizachyrium brevifolium (Sw.) Nees ex Büse - serillo dulce |