Category: Poaceae

Briza maxima L. (Introduced) (Macaronesia to Medit. : Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia; Introduced into: Alberta, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Austria, Baltic States, Bermuda, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, California, Cape […]

Aeluropus lagopoides (L.) Thwaites (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 […]

    Grass Week- Nicobar Bamboo for ID pl.: Pl help me in identifying this bamboo from Nicobar Island Locality: Campbell Bay, Nicobar Islands. Date: December, 2009. – Identifying bamboos by photographs only is not as easy as other flowering plants and for correct identification one needs to see the specimens for study. However these […]

Dinochloa macclellandii (Munro) Kurz (E. Himalaya to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO) Dinochloa species- Middle Andaman, India

Miscanthus nepalensis (Trin.) Hack. (Indian Subcontinent to S. Central China and Peninsula Malaysia: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)   Miscanthus nudipes (Griseb.) Hack. (Nepal to S. Tibet and Assam: Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO)  

Also see Brachiaria (POWO has placed the species under this genus now under Urochloa) . Urochloa panicoides P.Beauv. (Egypt to S. Africa and Indo-China: Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Chad, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, India, Iran, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Northern Provinces, […]

Miscellaneous;     Grass Week : Grass is green on both sides of the fence:  Grass is green on both sides of the fence (My home garden in KR Nagar and Bangalore).   After it rains, the garden in front of my house develops a natural lawn, as grass grows unchecked. Sometimes, in the early morning […]

Dinebra chinensis (L.) P. M. Peterson & N. Snow (syn: Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees) (S. Africa, Tropical & Subtropical Asia: Bangladesh, Borneo, Botswana, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Northern Provinces, Philippines, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, […]

Zoysia japonica Steud. (S. Russian Far East to E. China and Temp. E. Asia: China North-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Primorye, Taiwan; Introduced into: Alabama, California, Fiji, Florida, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Marianas, Maryland, Myanmar, Ontario, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Virginia as per POWO) Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr. (Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to NW. Pacific: Bangladesh, Borneo, Caroline Is., China […]

Zea mays L. (Introduced) (Central & SW. Mexico to W. Guatemala: Guatemala, Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest; Introduced into: Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Aldabra, Algeria, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, […]

Triticum aestivum L. (Transcaucasus to Israel and NW. Iran, S. Pakistan to NW. India: India, Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Pakistan, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Turkey, West Himalaya; Introduced into: Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Amur, Antipodean Is., Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central […]

Digitaria abludens (Roem. & Schult.) Veldkamp (China (S. Henan to Yunnan) to Tropical Asia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO) Digitaria bicornis (Lam.) Roem. & Schult. (W. Indian Ocean, Tropical & Subtropical […]

Tragus mongolorum Ohwi (NE. Ethiopia to Kenya, W. Indian Ocean, Mongolia to Tropical Asia: China North-Central, China South-Central, Ethiopia, India, Inner Mongolia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaya, Mauritius, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Qinghai, Réunion, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO) Tragus racemosus (L.) All. (Europe to Central Asia and Pakistan, Tropical & S. Africa to Arabian Peninsula: Afghanistan, Albania, […]

Thysanolaena latifolia (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Honda (Tropical & Subtropical Asia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya; Introduced into: Brazil West-Central, California, Comoros, Cuba, Gambia, Hawaii, Mauritius, Seychelles, […]

Themeda anathera (Nees ex Steud.) Hack. (Afghanistan to W. & Central Himalaya: Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO)      Themeda arundinacea (Roxb.) A.Camus (S. China to Tropical Asia: Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO) Themeda quadrivalvis (L.) Kuntze (Indian Subcontinent to N. […]

Spodiopogon rhizophorus (Steud.) Pilg. (India as per POWO)          

Spinifex littoreus (Burm.f.) Merr. (Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Australia (Ashmore Reef): Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Cambodia, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Australia as per POWO)  

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (Africa, Indian Subcontinent: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, East Himalaya, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rodrigues, Rwanda, […]

Sinarundinaria species- Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh

Chionachne gigantea (J.Koenig) Veldkamp (Indian Subcontinent to W. Malesia: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO (Polytoca gigantea (J.Koenig) Mabb.))