Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A.Camus
MG149 : Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A.Camus
| Plant Category | : | Grasses |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Dactylis spicata Willd.;
Echinalysium articulatum (P.Beauv.) Kunth;
Echinalysium strictum Trin., nom. superfl.;
Elytrophorus articulatus P.Beauv.;
Phleum glomeruliflorum Steud.;
Sesleria spicata (Willd.) Spreng.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Dactylis spicata Wild., Jangli-rala
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| Plant Family | : | Poaceae |
| Description | : | Annuals. Culms creeping, stoloniferous, 2-25 cm high, erect, or geniculate; nodes glabrous. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 0.5-20 x 0.1-0.5 cm, rounded at base. Sheaths slightly keeled. Ligules ovate, membranous. Spikes narrow, cylindric, 0.5-15 cm long. Spikelets ovate or ovate-oblong, 4-6-flowered. Lower glume elliptic-lanceolate, 1-2 x 0.5-1 mm, acuminate, keeled, 1-nerved, chartaceous, margins ciliate. Upper glume elliptic-lanceolate, 2-3 x 1-1.5 mm long, acuminate, chartaceous, keeled, 1-nerved; keels ciliate. Lemmas ovate-lanceolate, 2-3 x 1-1.5 mm, caudate-acuminate, chartaceous, 3-nerved. Paleas obovate, 1.5-2.5 x 1-1.5 mm, 3-6-lobed at apex, delicate, hyaline. Stamens 3; anthers 0.25-0.5 mm long. Grains elliptic or ellipsoid. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Paddy fields, ditches and wastelands |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Red List Category - Least Concern |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Commelinids |
| Order | : Poales |
| Family | : Poaceae |
| Genus | : Elytrophorus |
| Species | : Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A.Camus |