Sacciolepis interrupta

Sacciolepis interrupta (Willd.) Stapf, Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 757 1920. (Syn: Hymenachne interrupta (Willd.) Buse; Panicum interruptum Willd.; Panicum inundatum Kunth [Illegitimate]; Panicum roxburghianum Schult. [Illegitimate]; Panicum turritum Thunb. [Invalid]; Panicum uliginosum Roth; Sacciolepis mukuku Vanderyst [Invalid]; Sacciolepis simaoensis Y.Y.Qian);
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Guinea-Bissau, Chad, Tanzania to Botswana, China (Yunnan) to Tropical Asia: Assam, Bangladesh, Botswana, Chad, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Guinea-Bissau, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO;
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Common name: Interrupted Cupscale Grass
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Annuals. Culms 25-90 cm long, erect, creeping or geniculate, spongy and floating, rooting at the nodes below; nodes glabrous. Leaves 5-30 x 0.3-1.2 cm, lanceolate or linear, base rounded, apex acute or acuminate; sheaths to 16 cm long; ligules ovate, membranous. Panicles 4-25 cm long, spiciform, interrupted. Spikelets 3-5 mm long, ovate-lanceolate. Lower glume 1-1.5 x 1 mm, ovate-oblong. Upper glume 3-5 x 1-2 mm, ovate-lanceolate. Lower floret male or barren. Upper floret bisexual. First lemma similar to the upper glume. Palea 2-3 mm olong, oblong, hyaline. Second lemma 2-3 x 1-1.5 mm, ovate-oblong, subcoriaceous. Palea 2-3 mm long, elliptic, 2-keeled, hyaline. Stamens 3; anthers violet. Stigmas pink. Grains c. 2 mm long, ovoid.

Flowering and fruiting: Throughout the year
Wetlands
Tropics of South East Asia and Africa
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal)
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Sacciolepis interrupta (Willd.) Stapf SN Sep 11 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).
Sacciolepis interrupta (Willd.) Stapf,
wild grass from Denkanikota area of Krishnagiri dt Tamilnadu

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Grass for I’d from Bilaspur: 3 high res. images.
Request for I’d of a grass growing in aquatic conditions from Bilaspur. Appears to be Alopecurus. Photographed in November, 2022.


Alopecurus geniculatus L. or  Alopecurus nepalensis Trin. ex Steud. ??


Sacciolepis interrupta


Updated on December 24, 2024

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