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Aristida funiculata Trin. & Rupr., Sp. Gram. Stipac. 159 1842. (Syn: Aristida foenicularis Edgew.; Aristida funicularis Trin. ex Steud. [Invalid] ……. ; Aristida herbacea Steud. ex T.Durand & Schinz [Invalid]; Aristida kotschyi Hochst. ex Steud. [Invalid]; Aristida macranthera Hochst. ex Boiss. [Invalid]; Aristida macrathera A.Rich.; Aristida mallica Edgew.; Aristida paradoxa J.A.Schmidt; Aristida royleana Trin. & Rupr.; Aristida stipacea Ehrenb. & Hemprich ex Trin. & Rupr. [Invalid]; Aristida stipacea Ehrenb. & Hemprich ex Boiss.; Arthratherum kotschyi Hochst. ex Trin. [Invalid]; Arthratherum royleanum (Trin. & Rupr.) Edgew. ex Aitch.; Chaetaria murina Nees ex Trin. & Rupr. [Invalid]; Chaetaria royleana Nees ex Steud. [Invalid]);
Trin. & Rupr, in Mem. Acad. Petersb. Ser. VI. vii. (1849) 159 ; annual, very slender, panicle lax narrow, branches very short, gls. I and II 1/2-1 in. subequal awned, column of awn 1 in. or less, branches capillary 1-3 in. Steud. Syn. Gram. 142 ; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab Pl. 164 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 492 (in part) ; Duthie Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 47. A. funicularis, Trin. ex Steud. Nomencl. Ed. II. i. 131 ; Edgew, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxi. (1852) 160, 163 (foenicularis). A. Kotschyi, Hochst, ex Steud. Syn. Gram. 142. A. macrathera, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 393 ; Steud. l. c. 142 ; Boiss. l. c. 493 (macranthera). A. mallica, Edgew, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. (1862) 209 ; Aitch. l. c. ; Duthie l.l. c. c. A. murina, Aitchis. l.c. 164 (non Cav.) ; Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 26. A. paradoxa, Schmidt Fl. Cap. Verd. 140. A. pilosa. Herb. Heyne (non Labill.). A. Royleana, Trin. & Rupr, in Mem. Acad. Petersb. VI. vii. (1849) 160 ; Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii. (1892) 358. A. stipacea, Ehrenb. & Hempr, ex Trin. & Rupr. l. c. Chaetaria murina, Nees ex Trin. & Rupr. l. c. 160. C. murina, B. villosa, Nees ex Wight Cat. n. 1736. C. Royleana, Nees ex Steud. Syn. Gram. 143. Arthratherum Kotschyi, Hochst, ex Trin. l. c.—Aristida, Wall. Cat. n. 3787. Plains of the PANJAB from the Sutlej westward. RAJPOOTANA, and from the CONCAN southward.—DISTRIB. Beluchistan, Arabia, Trop. Africa.
Stems many, geniculately ascending, 10 in. 2 ft. Leaves very slender, flat or convolute, base ciliate with long hairs. Panicle 4-10 in., branches erect capillary. Spikelets variable in length, pale ; gl. I rather shorter than II, keels scaberulous ; III smooth, callus sparsely bearded or naked ; column of awn very slender, minutely scaberulous, twisted, branches straight capillary.
(From The Flora of British India (1897) from IBIS Flora)
Aristida funiculata Trin. & Rupr.,
short grass in the hill slopes from Manmad area of Nashik Dt, Maharashtra
References: An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995- Details with keys)
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