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MG144 : Sorghum nitidum (Vahl) Pers.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Poales
Family : Poaceae
Genus : Sorghum
Species : Sorghum nitidum (Vahl) Pers.
Plant Location in Melghat : Moist shady places, cultivated  
Plant Category : Grasses  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : POACEAE  
 
Plant Common Name : -
 
Synonym : Anatherum nitidum (Vahl) Spreng.
Andropogon consimilis Steud.
Andropogon dichroanthus Steud.
Andropogon fulvus (R.Br.) Spreng.
Andropogon fuscus J.Presl
Andropogon nigrum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., nom. nud.
Andropogon nitens Schreb. ex Steud., pro syn. Andropogon nitidus (Vahl) Kunth
Andropogon pedicellatus Steud.
Andropogon serratus Thunb.
Andropogon serratus var. nitidus (Vahl) Hack.
Andropogon tropicus Spreng.
Chrysopogon fuscus (J.Presl) Trin. ex Steud.
Holcus fauriei Honda
Holcus fulvus R.Br.
Holcus fulvus var. nitidus (Vahl) Honda
Holcus fulvus var. piliferus Honda
Holcus nitidus Vahl
Sorghum dichroanthum (Steud.) Ohwi, pro syn.
Sorghum fauriei (Honda) Honda
Sorghum flavum P.Beauv., nom. superfl.
Sorghum fulvum (R.Br.) P.Beauv.
Sorghum fuscum (J.Presl) Miq.
Sorghum junghuhnii Miq.
Sorghum muticum Wight ex Steud., nom. nud.
Sorghum nitidum f. aristatum C.E.Hubb.
Sorghum nitidum var. dichroanthum (Steud.) Ohwi
Sorghum nitidum var. fulvum (R.Br.) Hand.-Mazz.
Sorghum nitidum var. majus (Hack.) Ohwi
Sorghum nitidum var. parviflorum (Hack.) Ohwi
Sorghum serratum (Thunb.) Kuntze, nom. illeg.
Sorghum serratum var. nitidum (Vahl) A.Camus
Sorghum tropicum (Spreng.) Buse
Description : Perennials; culms 80-200 cm high; nodes bearded. Leaves 15-40 x 0.5-1 cm, linear, lanceolate, narrowed to the base, scabrid; sheath keeled, glabrous; ligule membranous. Panicle 15-25 cm, pyramidal; branches whorled. Spikelets in pairs, dissimilar. Sessile spikelets 4 x 2 mm, oblong; callus with long hairs; lower glume 4 x 2 mm, oblong, 5-nerved, dark brown; upper glume 4 x 1.5 mm, ovate, acute, 3-nerved, dark brown; lower floret empty; upper bisexual; first lemma broadly ovate, hyaline; palea absent; stamens 3; ovary oblong; styles 2, free; stigmas 2, plumose; pedicelled; lower glume coriaceous; upper chartaceous; lower floret male; upper floret absent.
 
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Reference : ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book PMID :