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MG038 : Eragrostis riparia (Willd.) Nees

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 599  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Poales
Family : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family
Genus : Eragrostis von Wolf - lovegrass
Species : Eragrostis riparia (Willd.) Nees
Plant Location in Melghat :  
Plant Category : Grasses  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : Gramineae  
 
Plant Common Name : -
 
Synonym : Eragrostis amabilis var. riparia (Willd.) E.G. Camus & A. Camus
Eragrostis rubens var. riparia (Willd.) A.Camus
Eragrostis tenella var. riparia (Willd.) Stapf
Megastachya riparia (Willd.) Roem. & Schult.
Megastachya riparia (Willd.) Nees
Poa amboinica Retz.
Poa riparia Willd.
Description : Perennials. Culms densely tufted,10-30 cm long, geniculate; nodes glabrous. Leaves 2-8 x 0.2-0.4 cm, linear-lanceolate, base rounded, apex acuminate; sheaths to 3 cm long, slightly keeled; ligule a row of hairs. Panicles 3-6 cm long, contracted, spiciform. Sikelets 1.5-3 x 1-2 mm, oblong, 5-10-flowered, pale yellow. Lower glume c. 1 x 0.5 mm, ovate-lanceolate, 1-nerved. Upper glume c.1 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, 1-nerved. Lemmas 1-1.5 x 0.5-1 mm, ovate-oblong, apex rounded, 3-nerved. Paleas 1-1.5 x 0.5 mm, obovate or oblanceolate, 2-keeled, ciliate along the keels. Stamens 3. Ovary c. 0.5 mm long; stigma c.0.5 mm long. Grains c. 0.5 mm long, linear. Flowering and fruiting: December-June
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :