Capillipedium huegelii – eFlora of India

November 11, 2015
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Capillipedium huegelii (Hack.) A.Camus, Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Colon. 1: 306 1921. (syn: Andropogon foetidus Lisboa [Invalid]; Andropogon huegelii Hack.; Andropogon huegelii var. foetidus Hack. ex Lisboa; Andropogon schmidii Hook.f.; Capillipedium foetidium (Lisboa) Raiz. & Jain; Capillipedium foetidum (Lisboa) Raizada & S.K.Jain; Capillipedium hugelii (Hack.) Stapf; Capillipedium parviflorum f. huegelii (Hack.) Roberty; Capillipedium schmidii (Hook.f.) Stapf; Dichanthium huegelii (Hack.) S.K.Jain & Deshp.; Sorghum huegelii (Hack.) Kuntze);

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Annuals or perennials. Culms to 150 cm long, erect or straggling. Leaves to 20 cm long, 1 cm wide, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate at apex. Ligules membranous. Panicles open or contracted, upto 15 cm long. Sessile spikelets 0.25-0.4 cm long, hairy or glabrous. Lower floret empty, upper bisexual. Upper lemma 0.1-0.2 cm long, hyaline. Awn 1-1.5 cm long.

Flowering and fruiting: December-March

Grasslands

Peninsular India (Endemic)

(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal)
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Poaceae / Grass: Capillipedium huegelii (Hack.) A.Camus syn. Dicanthium huegelii (Hack.) : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8)

Another grass I have identified recently. Confirmation will be appreciated. It will be a new species for our group.

Notes:

Occasional in SGNP.

My sightings have been in Sept-Nov period.

Densely bearded nodes.

Inflorescence: panicles, contracted
Confusion species: D. assimile, D. parviflorum

Capillipedium huegelii

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Grass for ID : Borgad Conservation Reserve : Nasik : 26OCT21 : AK – 025: 3 images.
A wild grass seen at the base of Borgad this month (Oct.’21).

Capillipedium huegelii

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References:
The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP RBG Kew: GrassBase BSI Flora of India checklist India Biodiversity Portal Kerala Plants

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