Alloteropsis cimicina

Alloteropsis cimicina (L.) Stapf, Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 487 1919. (Syn: Agrostis cimicina (L.) Poir.; Agrostis digitata Lam. [Illegitimate]; Alloteropsis latifolia (Peter) Pilg.; Alloteropsis quintasii (Mez) Pilg.; Axonopus cimicinus (L.) P.Beauv.; Axonopus latifolius Peter; Coridochloa cimicina (L.) Nees; Coridochloa cimicina (L.) Nees ex B.D. Jacks.; Coridochloa cimicina (L.) Nees ex Chase; Coridochloa fimbriata Aitch. [Invalid]; Eriachne melicaceae var. fragrans F.M.Bailey; Melica cimicina (L.) Salisb.; Milium cimicinum L.; Oplismenus fasciculatus Roem. & Schult.; Panicum cimicinum (L.) Retz.; Panicum fasciculatum Lam. [Illegitimate]; Panicum fasciculiflorum Steud.; Urochloa cimicina (L.) Kunth; Urochloa fasciculata (Roem. & Schult.) Kunth; Urochloa quintasii Mez);
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Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, Hainan to Tropical Asia, N. Australia: Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Ethiopia, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe; Introduced into: Florida, Maryland, Mississippi as per POWO;
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Common name: Summer Grass, bug-seed grass, cockatoo grass • Kannada: Neeru sajjae hullu
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Alloteropsis cimicina (L.) Stapf Fl. Trop..
this small grass is from Pench tiger reserve Seoni M.P.
Grows in the beginning of rainy season.



Alloteropsis cimicina (L.) Stapf SN Sep 36 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2).
Alloteropsis cimicina (L.) Stapf, Wild grass from Thiruvallur area of Tamilnadu



Grass for id.: 6 images.
Collected from near wetland, Gujarat.
Oct-2021


Alloteropsis


Alloteropsis cimi-cina




It’s Alloteropsis cimicina ?: 3 high res. images.
Habitat: Open forest or Rocky area 

Habit: Annual herb
Loc: Bundi Rajasthan 
Date: 03082025


Yes it is Alloteropsis cimicina


 


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References:

POWO  The Plant List  GRIN   Flora of Pakistan  Flora of China  Flowers of India  Encyclopedia of Life  RBG Kew: GrassBase Description

Updated on August 31, 2025