Aeluropus lagopoides

Aeluropus lagopoides (L.) Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 374 1864. (Syn: Aeluropus bombycinus Fig. & De Not.; Aeluropus brevifolius (Willd.) Nees ex Steud. [Illegitimate] ..; Aeluropus concinnus Fig. & De Not.; Aeluropus erythraeus Mattei .; Aeluropus laevis Trin. [Illegitimate]; Aeluropus lagopodioides Trin. ex Thwaites [Spelling variant]; Aeluropus lagopoides (L.) Chiov. …; Aeluropus littoralis var. mesopotamicus (Nábelek) Bor ..; Aeluropus longispicatus Parsa; Aeluropus massauensis (Fresen.) Mattei; Aeluropus mucronatus var. erythraeus N.Terracc.; Aeluropus niliacus (Spreng.) Steud.; Aeluropus niloticus Edgew. [Invalid]; Aeluropus pubescens Trin. ex Steud. [Illegitimate]; Aeluropus repens (Desf.) Parl.; Aeluropus sinaicus Fig. & De Not.; Aeluropus villosus Hook.f. [Illegitimate]; Aeluropus villosus Trin.; Aira lagopoides (L.) Scop.; Calotheca massauensis (Fresen.) Hochst. & Steud.; Calotheca niliaca Spreng.; ……………………………….);
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Sahara, Medit. Islands to Indian Subcontinent: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Nicobar Is., Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Western Sahara, Yemen as per POWO;
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¿ ay-lu-ROW-pus ? — from the Greek ailouros (cat) and pous (foot) … Origin of Plant Names by D. A. Patil
¿ lah-gop-OY-deez ? — ¿ similar to features of the genus Lagopus ?
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commonly known as: mangrove grass, rabbit-foot aeluropus • Bengali: নোনা দূর্বা nona durba • Gujarati: ખારીયુ ઘાસ khariyu ghas • Hindi: उसर घास usar ghas • Kachchhi: ખારો ઘા kharo gha, લોલર lolar, માકપટજો ઘા makpatjo gha • Marathi: दोला गवत dola gavat • Tamil: கடல் அறுகம்புல் katal arukampul • Telugu: పువ్వు గడ్డి puvvu gaddi, ఉప్పుగడ్డి uppu gaddi
Names further compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2020/10/aeluropus-lagopoides-l-thwaites.html
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Distribution: Mediterranean, n & n-e tropical Africa, Middle East, w Asia, India, Pakistan
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Mangrove Grass:
This is a very common grass seen in Marshy places.

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– This mangrove-associate is *Aeluropus lagopoides* (L.) Trin ex Thw. of Poaceae.

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– This is a halophyric grass

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Aeluropus lagopoides ?? 30092012-PKA1:
Seen this Grass near the Salt Pans close to Creek. Could this be Aeluropus lagopoides ?? (Family: Poaceae)?
Date/Time: 29-09-2012 / 08:25AM
Location: Mankhurd (Mumbai)
Habitat: Wild (near Salt pans close to creek)
Plant habit: herb.

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Yes this seems to be Aeluropus logipoides commonly known as marshelli.

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Date & time: 24 NOV 12, 09:38 AM
Habitat: mangrove
Habit: herb about 30 – 40 cm high, flower-head about 10 – 15 mm across

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Pics are descriptice and Nice.

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Plant for id- Anjar – Kutch (Gujarat) : 7 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1) – 3 mb.

I’d plz
Location – Anjar – Kutch (Gujarat)
Date – April – 2018

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Aeluropus lagopoides

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Coelachyrum lagopoides (Burm.f.) Senaratna

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Forwarding again for validation as Aeluropus lagopoides as it looks different from images of Coelachyrum lagopoides

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Yes. Aeluropus lagopoides – a common grass in the Rann of Kutch. Elsewhere it is very rarely found in some salt marshes.

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Grass like plant at waters edge, for id help. 01-12-2018-2 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)

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Thanks, … To me also appears from Poaceae.

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… identified it correctly and positively as Aeluropus lagopoides (L.) Trin ex Thw. of Poaceae.

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Aeluropus lagopoides

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Aeluropus lagopoides – vegetative state

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