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MH328 : Alloteropsis cimicina (L.) Stapf

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 551  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Cyperales
Family : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family
Genus : Alloteropsis J. Presl - summergrass
Species : Alloteropsis cimicina (L.) Stapf - summergrass
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Gramineae  
 
Plant Common Name : Summer Grass, bug-seed grass, cockatoo grass
 
Synonym : Agrostis cimicina (L.) Poir.
Agrostis digitata Lam., nom. superfl.
Alloteropsis latifolia (Peter) Pilg.
Alloteropsis quintasii (Mez) Pilg.
Axonopus cimicinus (L.) P.Beauv.
Axonopus latifolius Peter.
Coridochloa cimicina (L.) Nees.
Coridochloa fimbriata Aitch., nom. nud.
Eriachne melicacea var. fragrans F.M.Bailey.
Melica cimicina (L.) Salisb.
Milium cimicinum L.
Oplismenus fasciculatus Roem. & Schult.
Panicum cimicinum (L.) Retz.
Panicum fasciculatum Lam., nom. illeg.
Panicum fasciculiflorum Steud.
Urochloa cimicina (L.) Kunth.
Urochloa fasciculata (Roem. & Schult.) Kunth.
Urochloa quintasii Mez.
Description : Annual. Culms tufted, ascending, up to 60 cm tall. Leaf sheaths tuberculate-hispid; leaf blades lanceolate, cordate, 3–10 × 1–2 cm, abaxial surface pectinate-setose along margins and veins, adaxial surface glabrous; ligule ca. 1 mm, ciliate. Inflorescence digitate; racemes 4–6, 10–15 cm, narrowly ascending, rachis glabrous, bare of spikelets in the lower part, spikelets paired or single. Spikelets elliptic, 3.5–5.5 mm, pale green; lower glume ovate-lanceolate, ca. 2 mm, acuminate; upper glume papery, elliptic, shiny, margins ciliate with silky white or pinkish hairs, apex caudate; lower lemma similar to upper glume but thicker and glabrous; upper lemma ovate-elliptic, 3/5 spikelet length, obtuse with a fine scabrous 2–3 mm awn; upper palea papillose with swollen lacrimiform hairs. Anthers purple, ca. 1 mm. Fl. Sep. 2n = 36.
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :