Elytrophorus spicatus

Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A. Camus, H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 7: 547 (1923) (Syn: Dactylis spicata Willd. ; Echinalysium articulatum (P.Beauv.) Kunth; Echinalysium strictum Trin. ; Elytrophorus articulatus P.Beauv. ; Sesleria spicata (Willd.) Spreng.; Phleum glomeruliflorum Steud.);
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Tropical & Subtropical Old World: Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Chad, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Lesser Sunda Is., Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Queensland, Senegal, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe as per POWO;
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Jangli-rala;
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Grass week- Elytrophorus_spicatus:
Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A. Camus in Lecomte, Fl. Gen. Indo Chine 7: 547, 1923; Sharma et al, Fl. Mah. St. (Monocot.) 476, 1996.
Synonyms: Dactylis spicata Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin, Neue Schrift. 3: 416, 1801. E. articulatus Beauv. Ess. Agrost. 67, t. 14, f. 2, 1812; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 306, 1896; Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay 3: 567, 1958 (Repr.); Blatt. & McC. Bombay Grass. 276, 1935.
Common name: Jangli-rala.
often in harvest fields
collected from Palghar, Mumbai

References:
POWO

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