Submission of Cenchrus biflorus

[Lalithamba Avadhanam]

Plant name: Cenchrus biflorus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 238. 1820.

Ver.name: Indian sandbur (Eng.).

Family: Poaceae

Description:

A tufted annual, culms geniculately ascending, 10-60 cm high. Culm internodes hollow, nodes glabrous. Lateral branches branched. Leaves basal and cauline; leaf-sheaths scabrous; ligule a fringe of hairs; lamina linear or lanceolate, 2-25 × 0.3-0.8cm, flat and rigid. Panicle linear, 2-15 cm long. Spikelets sessile, 1-3 in the cluster. Involucre composed of bristles. Fertile spikelets 2-flowered, the lower floret barren or rarely male; the upper fertile, comprising 1 basal sterile floret and 1 fertile floret. Glumes without keels and dissimilar. Lower glume lanceolate, membranous; upper glume ovate. Anthers 3. Nut ovoid.
Habitat & location: Occasional in dry sandy soils. Photographed at Somasila.

Thank you

Regards

A.Lalithamba

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Lalithamba ji, for a new addition to efi.

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From: Anil Kumar <crazyg...@gmail.com>
Date: 31 August 2016 at 22:18
Subject: Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:250470] Submission of Cenchrus biflorus
To: "J. M. Garg" <jmg...@gmail.com>

Dear
Plz don't mind but this is cenchrus ciliaris

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

Plz don't mind but this is cenchrus ciliaris - from Anil ji.

efi page on Cenchrus ciliaris

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From: Lalithamba Avadhanam <alali...@gmail.com>
Date: 31 August 2016 at 14:17
Subject: [efloraofindia:250470] Submission of Cenchrus biflorus

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks a lot, Manoj ji.

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From: Manoj Chandran
Date: 7 January 2017 at 20:26
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:250470] Submission of Cenchrus biflorus
To: "J.M. Garg" <jmg...@gmail.com>

Cenchrus biflorus

[J.M. Garg]

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From: Lalithamba Avadhanam <alali...@gmail.com>
Date: 8 January 2017 at 07:50
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:250470] Submission of Cenchrus biflorus
To: "J.M. Garg" <jmg...@gmail.com>

Thank you Garg ji and Manoj ji for confirmation 

Regards

A.Lalithamba

[Yogesh Sharma]

Respected Garg sir and Manoj sir,

There must be some confusion. These photos do not look like to be true C. biflorus but may be C. ciliaris as pointed out by Anil sir..

I have posted photos of true C. biflorus just recently, please see, YS - Apr2020-10.

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Yogesh Sharma

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks a lot, Manoj ji

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From: Manoj Chandran
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 at 23:47
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:348305] Submission of Cenchrus biflorus
To: J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

I think Yogeshji is right. It is more likely a deformed inflorescence of Cenchrus ciliaris and not C.biflorus.