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Pseudanthistiria umbellata
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Pseudanthistiria umbellata (Hack.) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 220. 1896; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1749(1212). 1934; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 336. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 476. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 361. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 465. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 950. 1990; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 181. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 555. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 451. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 14. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 393. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 812. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 543. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 400. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 840. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 585. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 885. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 1008. 2009.
Andropogon umbellatus Hack. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 6: 401. 1889.
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Description:
Annuals. Culms 45-85 cm long, decumbent to erect, rooting at lower nodes, violet; nodes glabrous. Leaves 2.5-6 x 0.3 - 0.7 cm, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, base rounded, apex acuminate; sheaths to 3 cm long; ligules membranous, truncate. Inflorecence of subumbellate fascicle or racemes, subtended by a spathe, to 20 cm long. Sessile spikelets 2 in a raceme, 3-4 mm long, oblong, awned; lower glume 3-4 x 1 mm, elliptic-loblong, subcoriaceous; upper glume 3-4 mm long, elliptic-lanceolate; lower floret absent; upper floret bisexual; second lemma 2-3 mm long, oblanceolate; awn 1.5-2.5 cm long; stamens 3. Pedicelled spikelets 3 in a raceme, 4-6 mm long, elliptic-lanceolate; lower glume 4-6 mm long, elliptic-lanceolate; lower glume 4-6 mm long, elliptic-lanceolate; upper glume 4-5 mm long, elliptic; upper floret male; stamens 3.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded moist deciduous forests and waste places
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
Yes
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
600-900
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Localities:
Kattalappara, Vallakkadavu, Pezha, Chandanathode, Konni, South Walakkad, Chandanathode, Taliparamba, Munnar, Peermade, Sabarimala **, Kottur R.F., Nedumangad, Nilamel, Vaytri, Chengalayi, Thiruvizha, Karimpuzha, Villumalai, Kulathupuzha-Rockwood Road, Bo
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