Family: Poaceae

Genera in this family found in Rajasthan include.

1. Acrachne

   

2. Apluda

   

3. Aristida

   

4. Bambusa

   

5. Cenchrus

   

   

   

6. Chloris

   

7. Cymbopogon

   

8. Cynodon

   

9. Dactyloctenium

   

10. Dichanthium

    

    

    

11. Echinochloa

    

    

12. Enteropogon

    

13. Eragrostis

    

    

    

14. Heteropogon

    

15. Lasiurus

    

16. Panicum

    

17. Perotis

    

18. Poa

    

19. Polypogon

    

    

20. Saccharum

    

    

21. Themeda

    

22. Urochloa

    

    

• Synonyms: Brachiaria reptans, Echinochloa reptans, Panicum reptans
• Behaviour: Naturally grown
• Description:

  Annual, usually with decumbent stems rooting at the nodes; culms 15-60 cm high. Leaf-blades narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate. Inflorescence of 5-15 racemes; racemes 14 cm long, bearing paired spikelets crowded on a triquetrous rhachis with hirsute pedicels. Spikelets narrowly ovate to broadly elliptic, glabrous, acute, without a stipe; lower glume one eighth to a quarter the length of the spikelet, hyaline, clasping, truncate (sometimes a little longer and broadly ovate); upper lemma rugose, subacute, mucronulate.

  Fl. & Fr. Per.: June-October.
  PC: Sonu Kumar
  Source: Foi, efoi, powo, ibp, iNat
  Date: june 2025

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