Apluda mutica

Apluda mutica L., Sp. Pl. 82 1753. (Syn: Andropogon aristatus (L.) Raspail [Illegitimate]; Andropogon glaucus Retz.; Andropogon involucratus J.Koenig ex Steud. [Invalid]; Apluda aristata L. ..; Apluda blatteri Sur; Apluda ciliata Andersson; Apluda communis Nees & Arn.; Apluda communis Nees; Apluda cumingii Buse; Apluda geniculata Roxb.; Apluda gigantea Spreng.; Apluda glauca Schreb.; Apluda humilis Kunth; Apluda inermis Regel; Apluda kobila Buch.-Ham. ex Nees [Invalid]; Apluda microstachya Nees; Apluda mucronata Steud.; Apluda mutica subsp. aristata (L.) Babu …..; Apluda pedicellata Buse; Apluda rostrata Arn. & Nees; Apluda scabra Andersson; Apluda varia Hack. [Illegitimate] ……; Apluda villosa Schreb.; Calamina gigantea P.Beauv.; Calamina humilis J.Presl; Calamina mutica (L.) P.Beauv.; Tripsacum giganteum (P.Beauv.) Raspail; Xerochloa latifolia Hassk.);
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Mascarenes, Socotra, Asia to W. Pacific: Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Cocos (Keeling) Is., East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Réunion, Socotra, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO;
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Mauritian Grass • Hindi: Tachula, Tachhila, Pongta, Poleda, Bhongta, Bhongla • Kannada: Akku hullu, Kaadu hanchi hullu;
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Large annual or Perennial, 30-300 cm high grass. Culms scandent, or decumbent, or prostrate; rooting from lower nodes. Leaf-blade base tapering to the midrib;
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This is one of the few grasses with tapering leaf base sometimes almost into a petiole. This character in combination with clusters of three spikelets each within spathes occurs only in Apluda mutica;
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Apluda has only one species, viz., mutica. However, several authors have published different species and varieties of Apluda, like A.aristata, A.varia, etc. However, Apluda is a very variable species found in all sizes and forms of all parts and distributed from the sea shores till the Himalayan heights. On observing several collections of Apluda from all over the sub continent, it is definite that there is only a single species, Apluda mutica;
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Grass for ID: VG-2 : 08-10-2012 : Mumbai:
Please help to identify this grass, it is around 4 – 5 feet tall and is flowering now. Photographed in Nahur, Mumbai.

Its Apluda species …

in Apluda, is there any other species except mutica ???????

Yes. It is Apluda mutica. Apluda has only one species, viz., mutica. However, several authors have published different species and varieties of Apluda, like A.aristata, A.varia, etc. However, Apluda is a very variable species found in all sizes and forms of all parts and distributed from the sea shores till the Himalayan heights. On observing several collections of Apluda from all over the sub continent, it is definite that there is only a single species, Apluda mutica.

Also congratulations … for these extremely good photographs.

grass Apluda ? Hooghly 29-11-12 sk:
Attaching pics of a grass found on roadside.

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Plz id this grass: pa81 – 9jan2013:
Plz id this grass from Yeoor region. It is around 6 to 7 feet height. The leaves are dry now. Photos of the flowers are attached.

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Apluda mutica

Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Poaceae- Apluda mutica from STR (nsd-3) :  3 images. 3 posts by 2 authors.
Apluda mutica
Large annual or Perennial, 30-300 cm high grass. Culms scandent, or decumbent, or prostrate; rooting from lower nodes. Leaf-blade base tapering to the midrib.
Photograph in Satpura Tiger Reserve Hoshangabad M.P.

We have three species of Themeda in M.P., I will post them some time later.

Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Poaceae : Apluda mutica? by sk02 :  8 images. 3 posts by 2 authors.
Is this the same Apluda mutica L. as in my earlier upload? This one is much taller.
Date & Place : 17/Dec/2012; Hooghly

Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Poaceae : Apluda mutica from Panipat BS11: Attachments (4). 3 posts by 2 authors.
Apluda mutica from Panipat
pls validate

Yes it is Apluda mutica

Apluda mutica ?…

Yes, Apluda mutica

Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Poaceae- Themeda? from Chakrata for ID-GS108 :1 correct image. 3 posts by 2 authors.
Photographed from Chakrata growing along roadsides. Pl. help in ID.

P1120597 is Apluda mutica (kindly see the leaf base narrowing into almost a petiole).
The other photo DSC01335 is Cymbopogon martinii (see the cordate leaf base)

Yes. It is. But Apluda mutica L. is the accepted name.

Identification, please. 

Date/Time- November 4, 2017; 08:51 AM

Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Eastern Melghat, 21°17.483′ N, 77°22.530′ E

Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild

Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-  Herb; Grass

Height/Length- Upto 0.5’ Height

Yes it is Apluda mutica

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Yes, it’s Apluda, check with mutica,

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Apluda mutica L. ??

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Thanks … The pink color was new to me.

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May I request you to pl. post high res. images.

2 high res. images.

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May I request you to pl. post high res. images.

4 high res. images.

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MS,Nov.,2022/05 Poaceae ? for id: 2 images.
Location : Hmuifang, Mizoram

Apluda mutica – interesting specimen though

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Grass for id: 2 high res. images.
Request for I’d of a grass from Bilaspur. Photographed in November, 2022.

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Dry grass for I’d: 5 high res. images.
On trek to Matheran (around 2500 ft.), Maharashtra on 4.2.23.

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