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Brachiaria eruciformis (Sm.) Griseb.

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🗒 Synonyms
synonymBrachiaria cruciformis Griseb.
synonymBrachiaria eruciformis var. divaricata Basappa & Muniy.
synonymBrachiaria isachne (Roth) Stapf
synonymEchinochloa eruciformis (Sm.) Rchb.
synonymMilium alternans Bubani
synonymMoorochloa eruciformis (Sm.) Veldkamp
synonymPanicum anisostachium Bojer, nom. nud.
synonymPanicum caucasicum Trin.
synonymPanicum cruciforme Steud., orth. var.
synonymPanicum eruciforme Sm.
synonymPanicum isachne Roth
synonymPanicum isachne var. mexicana Beal
synonymPanicum koenigii Wight ex Nees, pro syn.
synonymPanicum pubinode Hochst. ex A.Rich.
synonymPanicum wightianum Arn. & Nees, pro syn.
synonymPanicum wightii Nees
synonymUrochloa eruciformis (Sm.) C.Nelson, J.Sutherl. & Fern.Casas
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Herb
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1 Year Assessed: 2010 Assessor/s: Kumar, B. Reviewer/s: Sadasivaiah, B., Bhat, G.K., Rao, M.L.V., Karuppasamy, S., Dahanukar, N. & Molur, S. Contributors: Molur, S. Justification: Brachiaria eruciformis is a common and a widely distributed species with no known major threats. It is therefore Least Concern. Conservation Actions: No conservation actions are known to be taken for this species.
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      Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Herb
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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        Diagnostic Keys
        Description
        Erect herbs. Leaves lanceate, 1.5-5 by 0.3-0.5 cm, pilose, margin scabrid, apex acuminate, sheath 2-4 cm long. Racemes terminal, cylindric, 7-9 cm long, branches triquetrous, winged, scabrid. Spikelet ellipsoid, secund-imbricate, densely pubescent, shortly stipitate; glumes unequal, membranous, lower glume a minute scale, upper glume as long as spikelet, 5-nerved, lower lemma 3-nerved, upper lemma crustaceous, smooth, 3-nerved; stamens 3. Caryopsis ovoid.
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: December-March
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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            📚 Habitat and Distribution
            General Habitat

            Habitat

            Terrestrial
            Terrestrial
            Freshwater
            Freshwater
            Grasslands, moist waste places
            Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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              Grasslands
              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                Habitat and Ecology: It is a annual, common weed in cultivated fields, sometimes grows in roadsides, damp places, ditches, waste places and also as weed of coffee plantations (Cook 1996, Lakshminarasimhan and Sharma 1991, Kabeer and Nair 2009). Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater List of Habitats: 5, 5.1, 5.2, 14, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 15, 15.8, 15.9
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                  Description
                  Global Distribution

                  India: Assam, Punjab; Australia

                  Indian Distribution

                  Plains of Assam

                  Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                    Global Distribution

                    India, westwards to Spain and North Africa

                    Indian distribution

                    State - Kerala, District/s: Pathanamthitta

                    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                      Range Description: B. eruciformis has a sub-cosmopolitan distribution; absent mainly from the northern parts of the northern hemisphere. It extends from Mediterranean Europe east through the Caucasus and Middle East to China. It occurs throughout much of Africa, South and Southeast Asia and Australia as well as the Caribbean and southern South America. In India it occurs in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Goa, Jammu-Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan,Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal (Cook 1996, Kabeer and Nair 2009, Rao and Kumari 2008, Lakshminarasimhan1996). Countries - Native: Bangladesh; Bhutan; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Cambodia; Croatia; Cyprus; Egypt; Ethiopia; France; Greece (Kriti); India (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Indonesia; Italy (Italy (mainland), Sicilia); Jordan; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Lebanon; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Malaysia; Montenegro; Morocco; Myanmar; Nepal; Nigeria; Pakistan; Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Philippines; Serbia (Serbia); Singapore; Slovenia; South Africa; Spain; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Turkey; Viet Nam
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                        📚 Occurrence
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                        📚 Demography and Conservation
                        Trends
                        Population: It is a common species throughout its range. Population Trend: Stable
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                          Conservation Status

                          IUCN Red List Category

                          Least Concern
                          Least Concern
                          Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1 Year Assessed: 2010 Assessor/s: Kumar, B. Reviewer/s: Sadasivaiah, B., Bhat, G.K., Rao, M.L.V., Karuppasamy, S., Dahanukar, N. & Molur, S. Contributors: Molur, S. Justification: Brachiaria eruciformis is a common and a widely distributed species with no known major threats. It is therefore Least Concern. Conservation Actions: No conservation actions are known to be taken for this species.
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                            Threats
                            Major Threat (s): No threats have been reported for this species.
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                              📚 Uses and Management
                              Uses

                              System of Medicines Used In

                              Folk medicine
                              Folk medicine
                              System Of Medicines Used In

                              Folk medicine

                              FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7264
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                                📚 Information Listing
                                References
                                1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7264
                                1. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/threats-classification-scheme
                                2. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/habitats-classification-scheme-ver3
                                3. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/conservation-actions-classification-scheme-ver2
                                4. Kumar, B. 2010. Brachiaria eruciformis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2011.
                                6. Cook, C.D.K. 1996. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India. Oxford University Press, Oxford.; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at:http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Kabeer, K.A.A. and Nair, V.J. 2009. Flora of Tamil Nadu - Grasses. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkatta.; Lakshminarasimhan, P. and Sharma, B.D. 1991. Flora of Nasik District. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.; Lakshminarasimhan, P. (ed.). 1996. Flora of Maharashtra State Monocotyledons.In: B.D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan and N.P. Singh (eds), pp. 794. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.; Rao, G.V.S. and Kumari, G.R. 2008. Flora of Visakhapatnam District Andhra Pradesh. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
                                8. Citation: Kumar, B. 2010. Brachiaria eruciformis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2011.
                                1. Brachiaria eruciformis (Smith) Griseb. in Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 4: 469. 1853; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1769(1226). 1934; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 564. 2005.
                                2. Panicum eruciforme Smith in Sibth. & Smith, Fl. Graeca 1: 44, t. 59. 1806.
                                3. Panicum isachne Roth ex Roem. & Schult. in L., Syst. Veg. 2: 458. 1817; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 28. 1896.
                                6. Kumar, B. 2010. Brachiaria eruciformis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2011.
                                7. Cook, C.D.K. 1996. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India. Oxford University Press, Oxford.; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at:http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Kabeer, K.A.A. and Nair, V.J. 2009. Flora of Tamil Nadu - Grasses. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkatta.; Lakshminarasimhan, P. and Sharma, B.D. 1991. Flora of Nasik District. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.; Lakshminarasimhan, P. (ed.). 1996. Flora of Maharashtra State Monocotyledons.In: B.D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan and N.P. Singh (eds), pp. 794. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.; Rao, G.V.S. and Kumari, G.R. 2008. Flora of Visakhapatnam District Andhra Pradesh. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
                                Information Listing > References
                                1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7264
                                2. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/threats-classification-scheme
                                3. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/habitats-classification-scheme-ver3
                                4. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes/conservation-actions-classification-scheme-ver2
                                5. Kumar, B. 2010. Brachiaria eruciformis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2011.
                                7. Cook, C.D.K. 1996. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India. Oxford University Press, Oxford.; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at:http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Kabeer, K.A.A. and Nair, V.J. 2009. Flora of Tamil Nadu - Grasses. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkatta.; Lakshminarasimhan, P. and Sharma, B.D. 1991. Flora of Nasik District. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.; Lakshminarasimhan, P. (ed.). 1996. Flora of Maharashtra State Monocotyledons.In: B.D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan and N.P. Singh (eds), pp. 794. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.; Rao, G.V.S. and Kumari, G.R. 2008. Flora of Visakhapatnam District Andhra Pradesh. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
                                9. Citation: Kumar, B. 2010. Brachiaria eruciformis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2011.
                                11. Brachiaria eruciformis (Smith) Griseb. in Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 4: 469. 1853; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1769(1226). 1934; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 564. 2005.
                                12. Panicum eruciforme Smith in Sibth. & Smith, Fl. Graeca 1: 44, t. 59. 1806.
                                13. Panicum isachne Roth ex Roem. & Schult. in L., Syst. Veg. 2: 458. 1817; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 28. 1896.
                                16. Kumar, B. 2010. Brachiaria eruciformis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2011.
                                17. Cook, C.D.K. 1996. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India. Oxford University Press, Oxford.; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at:http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Kabeer, K.A.A. and Nair, V.J. 2009. Flora of Tamil Nadu - Grasses. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkatta.; Lakshminarasimhan, P. and Sharma, B.D. 1991. Flora of Nasik District. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.; Lakshminarasimhan, P. (ed.). 1996. Flora of Maharashtra State Monocotyledons.In: B.D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan and N.P. Singh (eds), pp. 794. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.; Rao, G.V.S. and Kumari, G.R. 2008. Flora of Visakhapatnam District Andhra Pradesh. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.

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                                📚 Meta data
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                                🐾 Taxonomy
                                RootRoot
                                KingdomPlantae
                                PhylumTracheophyta
                                ClassLiliopsida
                                OrderPoales
                                FamilyPoaceae
                                GenusBrachiaria
                                SpeciesBrachiaria eruciformis (Sm.) Griseb.
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