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MG092 : Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

Class	: Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order	: Cyperales
Family	: Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family
Genus	: Brachiaria (Trin.) Griseb. - signalgrass
Species	: Brachiaria mutica

Plant Location in Melghat :

Plant Category :

Grasses

Plant's Current Status :

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Plant Family :

Gramineae

Plant Common Name :

Angola grass, buffalo grass, California grass, corigrass, cori grass, Dutch grass, giant couch, Mauritius grass, Numidian grass, panicum grass, Paragrass, Para grass, Penahlonga grass, Scotch grass, watergrass, water grass,

Synonym :

Brachiaria numidiana (Lam.) Henrard.
Brachiaria purpurascens (Raddi) Henrard
Digitaria mauritiana Wall. ex Hook.f.
Panicum amphibium Steud.
Panicum appressum Forssk.
Panicum barbinode Trin.
Panicum equinum Salzm. ex Steud.
Panicum guadaloupense Steud., nom. nud.
Panicum leiogonum Sieber ex Link, pro syn.
Panicum limnaeum Steud.
Panicum muticum Forssk.
Panicum numidianum Lam.
Panicum paraguayense Steud. ex Döll, pro syn.
Panicum pictigluma Steud.
Panicum punctulatum Arn. ex Steud.
Panicum purpurascens Raddi
Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T.Q.Nguyen

Description :

Tall perennials. Culms 50-150 cm high, tufted, erect; nodes densely bearded. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 10-30 x 0.5-2 cm, acuminate, rounded or shallowly cordate at base. Sheaths covered with dense tubercle-based hairs. Ligules membranous, thin, fimbriate. Racemes pseudopaniculate, 10-20 in number, each 2-8 cm long. Rhachis flat, ribbon-like, 0.5-1 mm, laterally covered with solitary or paired stalked spikelets. Pedicels 0.5-2 mm long, with a few white bristles. Spikelets elliptic, 2.5-3.5 mm, crowded, arranged in 2 rows. Lower glume ovate, c. 1 x 0.5 mm, acute, scaly, faintly 1-3-nerved. Upper glume ovate, 3-3.5 x 1-1.5 mm, acute, chartaceous, 5-nerved. Lower floret male. Upper floret bisexual. First lemma ovate, acute, 3-3.5 x 1-1.5 mm, chartaceous, 5-nerved. Palea elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 2.5-3 x 1-1.5 mm, delicate, hyaline, 2-keeled, 2-nerved. Stamens 3; anthers 1-1.5 mm. Second lemma ovate, 2-3 x 1-1.5 mm, rounded at apex, crustaceous, faintly 3-nerved, rugulose. Palea ovate, or ovate-elliptic, 2-2.5 x 1 mm, rounded at apex, crustaceous, 2-keeled, 2-nerved, rugulose except on margins. Lodicules obovate, c. 0.5 mm, denticulate at apex. Stamens similar to those of the lower floret. Ovary oblong-elliptic; styles c. 1 mm long; stigmas c. 1 mm.

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Reference :

~ Kokate, U.R. and Muratkar, G.D.; "Study of the effect of invasive species on the development of grass meadows of Melghat Tiger Reserve, Amravati Maharashtra"; Online International Interdisciplinary Research Journal (2014); 4(2): 155-165 PMID :