Enteropogon dolichostachyus

Enteropogon dolichostachyus (Lag.) Keng, Clav. Gen. Sp. Gram. Prim. Sin. 197 1957. (Syn: Chloris digitata (Roxb.) Steud.; Chloris dolichostachya Lag.; Chloris incompleta Roth; Chloris medinipurensis D.K.Dey, Pati & D.C.Pal; Chloris panicea Willd.; Chloris radiata B.Heyne ex Roth [Illegitimate]; Chloris roxburghii Edgew.; Chloris tetrameris Trin.; Ctenium digitatum (Roxb.) Spreng.; Cynodon elongatus Trin.; Digitaria elongata (Trin.) Spreng.; Enteropogon dolichostachyus (Lag.) Keng ex Lazarides; Gymnopogon digitatus Nees ex Steud. [Invalid]; Gymnopogon elongatus Nees ex Steud. [Invalid]; Lophacme incompleta (Roth) Chiov.; Melica digitata Roxb.);

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S. Arabian Peninsula, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Australia: Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen as per POWO;
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Common name: Long-Spike Finger Grass • Sanskrit: Manthanaka • Telugu: Tikativva
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Perennials. Leaves to 30 x 0.8 cm, lanceolate, acuminate, base obtuse, pilose, convolute; ligule membranous. Spikes digitate, to 25 cm, 3-8 slender, rachis triquetrous, minutely serrate; spikelets 5 mm, linear, awned, 2-flowered; callus bearded; lower glume lanceolate, 2 mm, hyaline, 1 nerved, upper glume 5 mm, lanceolate, aristate, acuminate; fertile lemmas oblong, chartaceous, awns to 15 mm, palea 4 mm, lanceolate, delicate, sterile lemmas reduced to awns, to 6 mm. 

(From India Biodiversity Portal (Chloris dolichostachya Lag.) 
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Grass Week : Chloris dolichostachya : Attachments (4). 3 posts by 3 authors.
Chloris dolichostachya from Pench and Satpura tiger reserves

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Chloris dolichostachya Lag. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Lagasca] 5. 1816.
SYNTYPE CHLORIS DOLICHOSTYCHA.jpg

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Hooghly-skDec09- grass unknown : 8 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (10).

This grass grows in village thickets. About 3-4 ft tall, slender.

Upper leaves are about 1 ft long. Pictures were recorded on 08/12/2014.
Any chance of Chloris dolichostachya Lg.?

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Yes it is. accepted name is Enteropogon dolichostachyus (Lag.) Keng

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Yes, it is.

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chloris dolichostachya

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Yes. Chloris dolichostachya

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Feb2015sk20/40Hooghly : Enteropogon dolichostachyus (Lag.) Keng : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (14)
Photographed on 03/11/2013

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Another grass for ID : 5 posts by 2 authors. 4 images- 1 to 4 mb each.
Spotted at Sanjay Van, New Delhi.

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Enteropogon sp., resembles acicularis,

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Chloris dolichostachya

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Enteropogon dolichostachyus (Lag.) Keng, is it not accepted name

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Need help id’ing 4-spiked grass : 4 posts by 3 authors. 4 high res. images.

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Cyanodon sp.,

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Grass identification #bundi021224:
Habitat: Rocky slope & moist area

Chloris dolichostachya

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References:

POWO  The Plant List  WCSP  GRIN  Flora of Pakistan  Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  India Biodiversity Portal (Chloris dolichostachya Lag.)  Flowers of India