Alloteropsis cimicina (L.) Stapf - summergrass
Alloteropsis cimicina (L.) Stapf - summergrass
MH328 : Alloteropsis cimicina (L.) Stapf
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 551 |
| Synonym | : | Agrostis cimicina (L.) Poir.;
Agrostis digitata Lam., nom. superfl.;
Alloteropsis latifolia (Peter) Pilg.;
Alloteropsis quintasii (Mez) Pilg.;
Axonopus cimicinus (L.) P.Beauv.;
Axonopus latifolius Peter.;
Coridochloa cimicina (L.) Nees.;
Coridochloa fimbriata Aitch., nom. nud.;
Eriachne melicacea var. fragrans F.M.Bailey.;
Melica cimicina (L.) Salisb.;
Milium cimicinum L.;
Oplismenus fasciculatus Roem. & Schult.;
Panicum cimicinum (L.) Retz.;
Panicum fasciculatum Lam., nom. illeg.;
Panicum fasciculiflorum Steud.;
Urochloa cimicina (L.) Kunth.;
Urochloa fasciculata (Roem. & Schult.) Kunth.;
Urochloa quintasii Mez.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Summer Grass, bug-seed grass, cockatoo grass |
| Plant Family | : | Poaceae / Gramineae |
| Description | : | Annual. Culms tufted, ascending, up to 60 cm tall. Leaf sheaths tuberculate-hispid; leaf blades lanceolate, cordate, 3–10 × 1–2 cm, abaxial surface pectinate-setose along margins and veins, adaxial surface glabrous; ligule ca. 1 mm, ciliate. Inflorescence digitate; racemes 4–6, 10–15 cm, narrowly ascending, rachis glabrous, bare of spikelets in the lower part, spikelets paired or single. Spikelets elliptic, 3.5–5.5 mm, pale green; lower glume ovate-lanceolate, ca. 2 mm, acuminate; upper glume papery, elliptic, shiny, margins ciliate with silky white or pinkish hairs, apex caudate; lower lemma similar to upper glume but thicker and glabrous; upper lemma ovate-elliptic, 3/5 spikelet length, obtuse with a fine scabrous 2–3 mm awn; upper palea papillose with swollen lacrimiform hairs. Anthers purple, ca. 1 mm. Fl. Sep. 2n = 36. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/alloteropsis_cimicina
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew_391228
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200024814
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/243168 |
| 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 | : Alloteropsis J. Presl - summergrass |
| Species | : Alloteropsis cimicina (L.) Stapf - summergrass |