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| Flora of |
Kashmir |
| Botanical name |
Miscanthus nepalensis Hack. |
| Synonyms |
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| Family |
Poaceae |
| Plant Stage |
Reproductive |
| Place of collection |
Uri |
| Altitude (m) |
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| Date of Collection |
28-09-1952 |
| Accession No. |
13867 |
| Total Accessions |
3 |
| Shelf Placement Cup-Board No./ Pigeon hole No. |
29/q |
| Remarks: Tufted perennial with very short rhizomes; culms up to 1.5 m high. Leaf-blades flat, 30-50 cm long, 6-10 mm wide, narrowed at the base. Spikelets 2-2.5 (-2.8) mm long, the callus bearded with golden-brown hairs 3-4 times as long as the spikelet; lower glume brown, emarginate, hairy on the margins in the lower half with hairs of unequal length, the longest 2-3 times as long as the glume; upper lemma bidentate, with a straight or flexuous awn 9-13 mm long. |
| Identified by |
L.D.Kapoor |
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