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Capillipedium huegelii
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Capillipedium huegelii (Hack.) Stapf in Hook., Ic. Pl. t. 3085. 1922; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1730(1199). 1934; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 452. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 567. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 529. 1994; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 565. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 957. 2009.
Andropogon huegelii Hack. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 6: 492. 1889.
Andropogon schmidii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 180. 1896.
Dichanthium huegelii (Hack.) Jain & Deshpande, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 20: 135. 1978(1979).
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Description:
Annual herbs; culms decumbent, 80-150 cm long, nodes bearded; rooting at lower nodes. Leaves 10-15 cm x 8-12 mm, ovate-lanceolate, surface scabrous; rough on both sides; leaf-sheath ciliate; ligule a ciliolate membrane. Panicles 8-12 cm long, oblong; racems ca. 7 mm long bearing 2-3 fertile spikelets. Spikelets paired. Fertile spikelets sessile; 1 in a cluster; pedicels linear; 3 mm long; with a translucent median line ciliate. Male spikelets lanceolate; 3-4 mm long; as long as fertile. Sterile spikelet glumes 9 -veined; pubescent. Fertile spikelets oblong; dorsally compressed; 3-4 mm long. Glumes dissimilar, exceeding the apex of florets. Lower glume oblong, membranous, not keeled; 7 -veined. Lower glume concave, pubescent below. Upper glume lanceolate,1-keeled; 3 -veined. Basal sterile florets barren, without palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret oblong, hyaline, not veined. Fertile lemma linear; hyaline, without keel; 1 -veined, apex entire, acute, awned, awn geniculate; 14-16 mm long. Column of lemma awn glabrous. Palea 0 or minute. Stamens 3; anthers 1.8 mm long. Styles 2, free; stigma plumose.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Idukki, Kasaragode, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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:
No
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Moozhiar, Pathenthode, Bekal, Payyavur, Lock-hert gap, Chindaki forest
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