{"id":1379265,"date":"2012-11-07T08:51:40","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T08:51:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:42:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:12:42","slug":"leersia-hexandra","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/leersia-hexandra\/","title":{"rendered":"Leersia hexandra"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Leersia<\/i> hexandra<\/i> Sw.<\/span><\/a>, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 21 1788<\/i>. (Syn: Asprella<\/i> australis<\/i> (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.<\/span><\/a>; Asprella<\/i> brasiliensis<\/i> (Spreng.) Schult.<\/span><\/a>; Asprella<\/i> hexandra<\/i> (Sw.) Roem. & Schult.<\/span><\/a>; Asprella<\/i> mexicana<\/i> (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.<\/span><\/a>; Asprella<\/i> purpurea<\/i> Bojer<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]; Blepharochloa<\/i> ciliata<\/i> Endl.<\/span><\/a>; Homalocenchrus<\/i> gouinii<\/i> (E.Fourn.) Kuntze<\/span><\/a>; Homalocenchrus<\/i> hexandrus<\/i> (Sw.) Kuntze<\/span><\/a>; Hygroryza<\/i> ciliata<\/i> (Retz.) Steud.<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> abyssinica<\/i> Hochst. ex A.Rich.<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> aegyptiaca<\/i> Fig. & De Not.<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> australis<\/i> R.Br.<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> brasiliensis<\/i> Spreng.<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> capensis<\/i> C.Muell.<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> ciliaris<\/i> Griff.<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> ciliata<\/i> (Retz.) Roxb.<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> compressa<\/i> A.Chev.<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> contracta<\/i> Nees<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> dubia<\/i> Aresch.<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> elongata<\/i> Willd. ex Trin.<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]; Leersia<\/i> ferox<\/i> Fig. & De Not.<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> glaberrima<\/i> Trin.<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> gouinii<\/i> E.Fourn.<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> gouinii<\/i> E. Fourn. ex Hemsl.<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> gracilis<\/i> Willd. ex Trin.<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]; Leersia<\/i> griffithiana<\/i> C.Muell.<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> luzonensis<\/i> J.Presl<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> mauritanica<\/i> Salzm. ex Trin.<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> mauritiaca<\/i> Salzm. ex Trin.<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> mexicana<\/i> Kunth<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> mexicana<\/i> Rupr. ex E. Fourn.<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> parviflora<\/i> Desv.<\/span><\/a>; Leersia<\/i> triniana<\/i> Sieber ex Trin.<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]; Oryza<\/i> australis<\/i> R.Br. ex Schweinf.<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]; Oryza<\/i> hexandra<\/i> (Sw.) D\u00f6ll<\/span><\/a>\u00a0.; Oryza<\/i> mexicana<\/i> (Kunth) D\u00f6ll<\/span><\/a>; Pharus<\/i> ciliatus<\/i> Retz.<\/span><\/a>; Pseudoryza<\/i> ciliata<\/i> (Retz.) Griff.<\/span><\/a>; Turraya<\/i> napalensis<\/i> Wall.<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]; Zizania<\/i> ciliata<\/i> (Retz.) Spreng.<\/span><\/a>);
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\nTropics & Subtropics: Alabama, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maryland, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Palestine, Panam\u00e1, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Zambia, Za\u00efre, Zimbabwe<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;
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\nCommon name:<\/b>\u00a0Rice Grass, Southern Cutgrass, Clubhead cutgrass, Swamp rice grass \u2022\u00a0Assamese<\/span>:<\/strong> \u098f\u09f0\u09be\u09b2\u09c0 Erali, \u098f\u09f0\u09be\u09b2\u09c0\u09ac\u09cb\u09a8 Erali-bon \u2022\u00a0Nepali<\/span>:<\/strong> \u0928\u0935\u094b \u0927\u093e\u0928 Navo dhan<\/div>\n
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grass Leersia hexandra ? from Hooghly 1\/11\/12 sk2:<\/a><\/p>\n

Could this be Leersia hexandra<\/i> Swartz.?<\/div>\n
Species : Leersia hexandra<\/i> Swartz. ?<\/div>\n
H & H : grass found on the edge of a pond; about 2.5 feet (erect part); leaves 15 cm x 5 mm<\/span><\/div>\n
Date : 31\/10\/12, 1.40 p.m.
\nPlace : <\/span>Hooghly<\/span><\/div>\n
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Yes it is <\/span>Leersia hexandra<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A Bengali book mentions this grass as JOL-GHAS<\/b> in Bengali.<\/p>\n

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Correct Nepali Names :\u00a0\u0915\u0930\u094c\u0901\u0924\u0947 \u091d\u093e\u0930 Karaunte Jhaar \/ \u0928\u093e\u092d\u094b \u0927\u093e\u0928 Naabho Dhaan\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nGrass ID: found on edge of wetland<\/a>: 4 images.
\nGrowing in mono-dominant stands<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n25\/11\/2021
\n<\/span>Bhopal<\/span><\/div>\n
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Leersia hexandra<\/em><\/p>\n

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References:
\nPOWO<\/a>\u00a0 Flowers of India<\/a><\/div>\n
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Leersia hexandra Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 21 1788. (Syn: Asprella australis (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.; Asprella brasiliensis (Spreng.) Schult.; Asprella hexandra (Sw.) Roem. & Schult.; Asprella mexicana (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.; Asprella purpurea Bojer [Invalid]; Blepharochloa ciliata Endl.; Homalocenchrus gouinii (E.Fourn.) Kuntze; Homalocenchrus hexandrus (Sw.) Kuntze; Hygroryza ciliata (Retz.)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[8266],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1379265","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-leersia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1379265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1379265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1379265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1379265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1379265"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1379265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}