Arthraxon lanceolatus

Arthraxon lanceolatus (Roxb.) Hochst., Flora 39: 188 (1856) (syn: Andropogon echinatus Edgew. ; Andropogon lanceolatus Roxb.; Andropogon serrulatus Link ; Arthraxon deccanensis S.K.Jain ; Arthraxon lanceolatus f. glaberrimus Chiov. ; Arthraxon lanceolatus f. puberulus Chiov. ; Arthraxon lanceolatus var. puberulus (Chiov.) Mattei ; Arthraxon lanceolatus subvar. wallichii Hack. ; Batratherum lanceolatum (Roxb.) Nees);
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Eritrea to S. Africa, SW. Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan to China and Lesser Sunda Islands: Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen as per POWO;
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Common name: Clasping-Leaf Carpetgrass
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Culms to 60 cm high, nodes glabrous or hairy. Leaves 1.5-5 x 0.2-1.2 cm, ovate-lanceolate, amplexicaule at base, strongly ciliate along margins; sheath rounded, ciliate along one margin, ligule a fimbriate membrane. Racemes few together, 3-6 cm long. Sessile spikelets 5-6 mm long, callus hairy; lower glume 5-6 x 1 mm, lanceolate, acute, 5-7 nerved, 2-keeled, spinulose, margins infolded; upper glume to 5 x 1.5 mm, boat shaped; first lemma hyaline; upper lemma awned; awn geniculate; stigmas 2 mm long. Pedicelled spikelets developed with one barren and one male florets.
Flowering and fruiting: August-January
Grasslands
(Attributions: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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References:
POWO  Catalogue of Life  GBIF (High resolution specimens) Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal Flora of peninsular India Flowers of India  India Biodiversity Portal  Bhutan Biodiversity Portal

Updated on December 23, 2024

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