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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MG126 : Paspalum canarae (Steud.) Veldkamp

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Cyperales
Family : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family
Genus : Paspalum L. - crowngrass
Species : Paspalum canaroe (Stcut)
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Grasses  
Plant's Current Status : IUCN Red List - Least Concern  
Plant Family : Poaceae  

 
Plant Common Name : -
 
Synonym : Panicum canarae Steud.
Paspalum canarae fimbriatum (Bor) Veldkamp
Paspalum compactum var. fimbriatum Bor
Paspalum costatum Hochst. ex Steud., pro syn.
Paspalum miliaria Müll.Hal.


Description : Annuals, decumbent-ascending; nodes hairy. Leaves 1.5-4.0 x 0.5-1.2 cm, ovate-elliptic to lanceolate, tubercle-based hairy on both sides and along margin, nerves raised above. Racemes 1-2 cm long. Spikelets c 0.2 cm long ovoid; lower glumes c 0.15 cm long, elliptic-oblong, hyaline winged in upper half, margin long ciliate; upper glumes c 0.2 cm long, ovate.
 
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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 :