Yes! Chrysopogon aciculatus from me too! Locally called as 'Chirchiri' (चिरचिरी) in Bhagalpur district of Bihar.
Regards, Ritesh. On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 1:00 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear All Respected Members, > > This grass is very common in uncultivated land, outfields of playgrounds. > We call this CHORKANTA in Bengali. My assumption, of it being *Chrysopogon > aciculatus* (Retz.) Trin. (syn. *Andropogon aciculatus* Retz.), based > upon - > > 1. "a pest of waste fields during the rains" - "Plant Groups" by H. > Mukherji, a college text book from West Bengal > 2. records from Serampore (Hooghly) - "Flora Indica, or, Descriptions > of Indian plants / by the late William Roxburgh. Serampore: Printed for W. > Thacker, 1832. url p. 722." = > http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/A/Andropogon_aciculatus/ > > However, description and id keys of the grass is available, but beyond my > understanding - > > - flora of China - > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=107007 > - flora of Taiwan - > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1050&taxon_id=200025058 > - a pdf file from the above site - > http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/PDF/PDF22/Chrysopogon.pdf > > > I will try to collect data on measurements of this grass too. > > Thank you, thanks to Garg Sir, > > Regards, > > Surajit Koley > > > > On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 12:06 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: surajit koley <[email protected]> >> Date: 17 June 2012 22:31 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:119698] grass Chrysopogon aciculatus (Andropogon >> aciculatus) >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> Sir / Madam, >> >> A common grass in playing fields is CHORKANTA in Bengali. "Plant Groups" >> refers this as *Andropogon aciculatus*. >> >> Species : *Chrysopogon aciculatus* (Retz.) Trin. (syn. *Andropogon >> aciculatus* Retz.) <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-405042> >> Habit & Habitat : common grass in grassland, avg. height 1 foot >> Date : 13/6/12, 12.12 p.m. >> Place : Hooghly >> ID help : >> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!search/Andropogon$20aciculatus/indiantreepix/Sru6HXx7jyQ/U1a24xBxGDcJ >> >> Thank you & Regards, >> >> Surajit Koley >> >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1870 members & >> 1,18,000 messages on 31/5/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 6500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> > -- Ritesh Kumar Choudhary, Ph.D. International Biological Material Research Center Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology 125, Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu Daejeon South Korea-305-806 +82-42-879-8342 (O) http://www.kribb.re.kr "It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure." -- Albert Einstein
