Family: Poaceae

In Rajasthan, this family is represented by the following genera:

  1. Acrachne

    Acrachne racemosa (B.Heyne ex Roth) Ohwi
  2. Apluda

    Apluda mutica
  3. Aristida

    Aristida funiculata Trin. & Rupr.
  4. Bambusa

    Bambusa wamin
  5. Cenchrus

    Cenchrus setigerus Vahl
    Cenchrus ciliaris
    Cenchrus setigerus Vahl
    Cenchrus ciliaris
  6. Chloris

    Chloris virgata Sw.
  7. Cymbopogon

    Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf
  8. Cynodon

    Cynodon dactylon
  9. Dactyloctenium

    Dactyloctenium aegyptium
  10. Desmostachya

    Desmostachya bipinnata
  11. Dichanthium

    Dichanthium annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf
    Dichanthium foveolatum (Delile) Roberty
    Dichanthium annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf
  12. Dinebra

    Dinebra panicea (Retz.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
  13. Echinochloa

    Echinochloa colona (L.) Link
    Echinochloa colona (L.) Link
    Echinochloa colona (L.) Link
  14. Enteropogon

    Enteropogon dolichostachyus (Lag.) Keng
  15. Eragrostis

    Eragrostis tenella (L).
    Eragrostis unioloides (Retz.) Nees ex Steud.
    Eragrostis tenella (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
  16. Heteropogon

    Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
  17. Lasiurus

    Lasiurus scindicus Henrard
  18. Melanocenchris

    Melanocenchris jacquemontii
  19. Panicum

    Panicum turgidum Forssk.
  20. Perotis

    Perotis indica (L.) Kuntze
  21. Poa

    Poa annua L.
  22. Polypogon

    Polypogon monspeliensis
    Polypogon monspeliensis
  23. Saccharum

    Saccharum officinarum
    Saccharum spontaneum
  24. Setaria

    Setaria flavida (Retz.)
  25. Sporobolus

    Sporobolus coromandelianus (Retz.) Kunth
  26. Tetrapogon

    Tetrapogon tenellus (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) Chiov.
  27. Themeda

    Themeda quadrivalvis (L.) Kuntze
  28. Urochloa

    Urochloa reptans (L.) Stapf
    Urochloa reptans (L.) Stapf
  • Grasses
  • Kota Bundi
  • Naturally grown
  • Tufted annual; culms 7-20 cm high, erect or ascending. Leaf-blades broadly linear, 2-10 cm long, 2-4 mm wide, the margin scabrid or with a few long stiff hairs near the base. Panicle ovate, 2-8 cm long; primary branches in whorls, spreading horizontally soon after emergence from the uppermost leaf-sheath.
    Fl.&Fr.: july-Oct.
    PC: Sonu Kumar
    Source: Efoi, powo
    https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Coromandel%20Dropseed.html

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    Habitat photo