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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MG070 : Setaria pallidefusca (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 633  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Poales
Family : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family
Genus : Setaria
Species : Setaria pallidefusca (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
Plant Location in Melghat : On forest floor among tall grasses  
Plant Category : Grasses  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Gramineae  

 
Plant Common Name : Lungat, K-Kulko Zara, cat's tail grass, horsegrass, pigeon grass, Queensland pigeon grass, yellow foxtail,
 
Synonym : Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
Chaetochloa glauca var. purpurea Farw.
Chaetochloa lutescens var. longispica Honda
Oplismenus helvolus (L.f.) P.Beauv.
Panicum flavescens Moench [Illegitimate]
Panicum glaucum var. elongatum Pers
Panicum helvolum L.f.
Panicum holcoides J.Jacq. [Illegitimate]
Panicum imberbe var. pumilum (Poir.) Nees
Panicum lutescens f. pumilum Poir.
Panicum luteum Gueldenst. [Invalid]
Panicum pallidefuscum Schumach.
Panicum pumilum Poir.
Panicum rubiginosum Steud.
Pennisetum helvolum (L.f.) R.Br.
Setaria aurea var. rubiginosa (Steud.) Peter
Setaria auricoma Link ex A.Braun
Setaria boninensis Nakai [Invalid]
Setaria breviglumis St.-Lag.
Setaria dasyura Schlecht.
Setaria erythraeae Mattei
Setaria glauca f. abyssinica Pilg
Setaria helvola (L.f.) Roem. & Schult.
Setaria laeta de Wit
Setaria lutescens var. dura I.C.Chung
Setaria pumila subsp. pallide-fusca (Schumach.) B.K. Simon
Setaria rubiginosa (Steud.) Miq
Setaria sciuroidea C.Muell.
Setaria ustilata de Wit


Description : Loosely tufted annual; culms 5-130 cm high, ascending. Leaf-blades linear, 3-30 cm long, 2-10 mm wide. Panicle spiciform, cylindrical, 1-10(20) cm long, the rhachis tomentellus; bristles 3-12 mm long, slender, commonly fulvous. Spikelets ovate, 1.5-3.5 mm long; both glumes one-third to two-thirds the length of the spikelet; lower floret male or sterile, its palea almost as long as the lemma; upper lemma rugose to corrugate, rarely almost smooth. Fl & Fr. Per.: June-October.
 
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Reference : ~ Dikshit Nilamani; "Two new records of Poaceae to the Flora of Melghat Biosphere Reserve, Amravati, India"; Journal on New Biological Reports (2014); 3(2): 133-136 PMID :

~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :