Eragrostiella bifaria (Vahl) Bor, Indian Forester 66: 270 1940. (syn. Catapodium bifarium (Vahl) Link; Catapodium coromandelianum (J.Koenig ex Rottler) Link; Eragrostiella bifaria var. australiana F.M.Bailey; Eragrostiella bifaria var. bifaria ; Eragrostiella coromandeliana (K.D.Koenig ex Rottler) Keng f. & L.Liou; Eragrostis bifaria (Vahl) Wight; Eragrostis bifaria var. australiana F.M. Bailey; Eragrostis coromandeliana (J.Koenig ex Rottler) Trin.; Eragrostis cretacea Nees; Eragrostis thraulostachys K.Schum. ex Stapf [Invalid]; Poa bifaria Vahl; Poa coromandeliana J.Koenig ex Rottler; Triticum bifarium (Vahl) Kuntze);
. Ethiopia to Tanzania, Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China, Queensland: Andaman Is., Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Myanmar, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Double-Row Lovegrass ..
Densely tufted perennials; culms 30-80 cm high; nodes glabrous. Leaves many, 15-30 x 0.2-0.5 cm, linear, mostly basal; sheath rounded, glabrous; ligule a narrow membrane. Raceme solitary, 20-30 cm long; spikelets 20 x 2-3 mm, linear-oblong, arranged in two rows; glumes subequal, ovate, acute, 1-nerved, upper larger; florets 20-40, all bisexual; lemmas 2 x 2 mm, broadly ovate, 3-nerved; palea 2 x 1 mm, obovate, 2-keeled, hyaline; stamens 3, anthers 1 mm long; ovary elliptic, styles 2, free; stigmas plumose. Flowering and fruiting: September-December
Grasslands, sandy areas near streams, rocky hills and plains
Himalaya and India
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal)
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Grass week -Eragrostiella bifaria:
ANSEPT78 Poaceae member for identification : 11 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (5).
26th September 2014 Attachments (1) Superb photographs of a beautiful grass…. that much I know! Paspalum distichum? Nice pics … to me this is not Papspalum distichum though I cannot say what this is then.. Yes Sir, I have found the beautiful thread by …- efi thread. …, this is possibly Eragrostiella sp. cf. https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/w, until experts take care. Eragrostiella bifaria Eragrostiella bifari Eragrostiella bifaria (Vahl) Bor SN Oct28 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3). .
Poaceae: Eragrostiella bifaria (Vahl) Bor: 1 high res. image. synonym: Eragrostis bifaria (Vahl) Wight location/date: Nandi Hills, Bangalore, Karnataka, July 1997
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