MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MG109 : Thelepogon elegans Roth ex Roem. & Schult. |
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| Plant Category : | Grasses | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | Poaceae | |||||||||||||
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| Synonym : | Andropogon princeps A.Rich. Jardinea abyssinica Steud. [Illegitimate] Meoschium elegans (Roem. & Schult.) Arn. & Nees Meoschium wightianum Nees [Invalid] Rhiniachne princeps (A. Rich.) Hochst. ex Steud. Rhytachne princeps (A.Rich.) T.Durand & Schinz Sehima elegans (Roem. & Schult.) Roberty |
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| Description : | Annual. Culms erect; 10–150 cm long. Ligule a ciliolate membrane. Leaf-blade base cordate, or amplexicaul. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 4–20 cm long; 5–30 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface glabrous, or hispid. Leaf-blade margins ciliate. Inflorescence composed of racemes. Racemes 2–17; digitate; in several whorls; 4–15 cm long. Central inflorescence axis 1–5 cm long. Rhachis fragile at the nodes; angular. Rhachis internodes cuneate; 6–9 mm long. Rhachis internode tip transverse; cupuliform. Raceme-bases filiform. Spikelets in pairs. Fertile spikelets sessile; 1 in the cluster. Companion sterile spikelets pedicelled; 1 in the cluster. Pedicels linear; foliaceous; curved; 1.1 length of fertile spikelet; glabrous. Companion sterile spikelets represented by barren pedicels. Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets. Spikelets ovate; dorsally compressed; 5–13 mm long; falling entire; deciduous with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus pilose; base obtuse; inserted. Glumes dissimilar; exceeding apex of florets; firmer than fertile lemma. Lower glume ovate; 1 length of spikelet; indurate; without keels; 9 -veined. Lower glume surface rugose. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume ovate; chartaceous; without keels; 3 -veined. Upper glume surface rugose. Upper glume apex acuminate. Basal sterile florets male; with palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret lanceolate; 0.8 length of spikelet; hyaline; 2 -veined. Fertile lemma ovate; 4–10 mm long; hyaline; without keel; 5 -veined. Lemma apex lobed; 2 -fid; incised 0.5 of lemma length; awned. Principal lemma awn from a sinus; geniculate; 15–25 mm long overall; with twisted column. Column of lemma awn glabrous. Palea hyaline; without keels. | |||||||||||||
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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 : |
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