Yeah I was about to say, people even use Cynodon but I thought I am too bad with grasses to identify even Cynodon. Even more than one species of Axonopus is used at different places. Regards Pankaj
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 3:12 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Carpet grass planted in Delhi and other parts of North India is cushion like > with very narrow almost needle like leaves. It is Axonopus compressus. > Normal lawn grass is doob grass, Cynodon dactylon > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> There are more than one grass that is being used on Lawn, called with >> various names, KENYA GRASS, JAPANESE GRASS, LAWN GRASS, CARPET GRASS, >> MEXICAN CARPET GRASS, FLAT GRASS etc. >> So with this picture its not possible to make out. >> Flowers may help. >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Poaceae (formerly and a.k.a. Gramineae) » Zoysia japonicum ... dear >> > friends, >> > please validate this ID. >> > Synonyms: Osterdamia japonica, Zoysia koreana >> > >> > >> > ZOY-shuh or ZOY-see-uh -- named for Karl von Zois (or Zoys), Austrian >> > botanist >> > juh-PON-ih-kuh -- of or from Japan >> > >> > >> > commonly known as: Japanese lawn grass, Korean lawn grass, Korean temple >> > grass, zoysia grass >> > >> > >> > Native of: s-e and e Asia, Australasia; naturalized / cultivated >> > elsewhere >> > >> > >> > ... at Nirvana Park, Powai, Mumbai 12 APR 07 >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >> >> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> Research Associate >> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >> Department of Habitat Ecology >> Wildlife Institute of India >> Post Box # 18 >> Dehradun - 248001, India > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
