{"id":1479342,"date":"2022-08-10T10:38:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T05:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/?p=1479342"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:09:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:39:40","slug":"cenchrus-setigerus","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/cenchrus-setigerus\/","title":{"rendered":"Cenchrus setigerus"},"content":{"rendered":"
Cenchrus setigerus Vahl, Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 395 (1806)<\/em> (syn: Cenchrus bulbifer<\/em>\u00a0Hochst. ex Boiss.<\/a>; Cenchrus ciliaris<\/em>\u00a0var.\u00a0setigerus<\/em>\u00a0(Vahl) Maire & Weiller<\/a>; Cenchrus montanus<\/em>\u00a0Nees ex Steud.<\/a>; Cenchrus quinquevalvis<\/em>\u00a0Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.<\/a>; Cenchrus schimperi<\/em>\u00a0Hochst. & Steud.<\/a>; Cenchrus tripsacoides<\/em>\u00a0R.Br.<\/a>; Cenchrus uniflorus<\/em>\u00a0Ehrenb. ex Boiss.<\/a>; Pennisetum ciliare<\/em>\u00a0var.\u00a0setigerum<\/em>\u00a0(Vahl) Leeke<\/a>; Pennisetum setigerum<\/em>\u00a0(Vahl) Wipff<\/a>; Pennisetum vahlii<\/em>\u00a0Kunth<\/a>); Perennial, forming clumps from a \u00b1 bulbous base<\/span>; culms 5-80 cm high, geniculately ascending. Leaf-blades 2-20 cm long, 2-7 mm wide. Panicle 2-12 cm long; involucres cup-shaped, 3-7 mm long; inner spines short, flattened, connate for a quarter to half their length to form a cup, glabrous or obscurely puberulous and grooved on the face, occasionally sparsely ciliate on the margins, green to dark purple, antrorsely scaberulous, narrowly triangular at the tip; outer spines few, short, often suppressed, rarely almost as long as the inner. Spikelets 1-3 per burr, 3-5 mm long.<\/span> Cenchrus setigerus<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n This is Cenchrus setigerus<\/i><\/p>\n Can be <\/span>Cenchrus<\/i> sp.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Thanks … for a possible id. Could it be <\/span>Cenchrus ciliaris<\/i>?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n efi page on Pennisetum ciliare<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0((syn: (\u2261) Cenchrus ciliaris<\/i> L. (basionym))<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n It is <\/span>Cenchrus setigerus<\/i> <\/span>grass. It is palatable<\/span> and common in Rajasthan<\/span>. I attached Two images of Cenchrus setigerus<\/i> and <\/span>Cenchrus ciliaris<\/i><\/span>.<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nCommon name:<\/b>\u00a0Birdwood Grass \u2022\u00a0Rajasthani<\/span>:<\/strong> \u092d\u0941\u0930\u0924\u093f\u092f\u094b Bhurtio
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\nFlowering and fruiting: June-December<\/span>
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\n(Attributions: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>)
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\nGrass identification-2<\/a>: 3 high res. images.
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\n<\/span>Date- 31july 2022<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nThis common grass was shot<\/span> from district Karnal and also from other places in Haryana<\/span>, id please…<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nA grass seen <\/span>in Muscat, Oman on 30\/12\/2011.<\/span><\/div>\n
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