Enteropogon dolichostachyus

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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. 

Flowering and fruiting: November-December
Semi-evergreen, dry and moist deciduous forests
China, Indo-Malesia to Australia
(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.
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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.?

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


Yes, it is.


chloris dolichostachya


Yes. Chloris dolichostachya



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Feb2015sk20/40Hooghly : Enteropogon dolichostachyus (Lag.) Keng : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (14)
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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.


Enteropogon sp., resembles acicularis,


Chloris dolichostachya


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.
Bhopal; black soil; 18/10/2020

Cyanodon sp.,


Chloris dolichostachya

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

Herb: Annual herb 
Loc: Bundi Rajasthan 
Date:02122024
Digits Look like Digitaria but it’s not Digitaria. Digits very long, generally 5.


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

Updated on January 5, 2025