MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MG012 : Capillipedium huegelii (Hack.) A.Camus |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 571 |
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| Plant Category : | Grasses | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | Poaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | - | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Andropogon foetidus Lisboa [Invalid] Andropogon huegelii Hack. Andropogon huegelii var. foetidus Hack. ex Lisboa Andropogon schmidii Hook.f. Capillipedium foetidium (Lisboa) Raiz. & Jain Capillipedium foetidum (Lisboa) Raizada & S.K.Jain Capillipedium hugelii (Hack.) Stapf Capillipedium parviflorum f. huegelii (Hack.) Roberty Capillipedium schmidii (Hook.f.) Stapf Dichanthium huegelii (Hack.) S.K.Jain & Deshp. Sorghum huegelii (Hack.) Kuntze |
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| Description : | Annual. Culms decumbent; 80–100 cm long; rooting from lower nodes. Culm-nodes bearded. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate. Ligule a ciliolate membrane. Leaf-blades 10–15 cm long; 8–12 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface scabrous; rough on both sides. Inflorescence a panicle with branches tipped by a raceme. anicle open; oblong; 8–12 cm long. Racemes 0.7 cm long; bearing few fertile spikelets; bearing 2–3 fertile spikelets on each. Rhachis ciliate on margins. Rhachis internodes linear; 3 mm long. Spikelets in pairs. Fertile spikelets sessile; 1 in the cluster. Companion sterile spikelets pedicelled; 1 in the cluster. Pedicels linear; 3 mm long; with a translucent median line (also present in internodes); ciliate. Companion sterile spikelets well-developed; male; lanceolate; 3–4 mm long; as long as fertile; separately deciduous. Companion sterile spikelet glumes 9 -veined; pubescent. Companion sterile spikelet lemmas enclosed by glumes. Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets oblong; dorsally compressed; 3–4 mm long; falling entire; deciduous with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus pilose; base obtuse; attached transversely. Glumes dissimilar; exceeding apex of florets; firmer than fertile lemma. Lower glume oblong; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 7 -veined. Lower glume surface concave; pubescent; hairy below. Upper glume lanceolate; 1 length of spikelet; 1-keeled; 3 -veined. Basal sterile florets barren; without significant palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret oblong; hyaline; 0 -veined; without midvein; without lateral veins. Fertile lemma linear; hyaline; without keel; 1 -veined. Lemma apex entire; acute; awned. Principal lemma awn geniculate; 14–16 mm long overall; with twisted column. Column of lemma awn glabrous. Palea absent or minute. | |||||||||||||
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| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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