Thank you very much Ritesh Ji for the ID of this grass. I will try to scale this grass too.
A great Sunday to you, to all.... Regards, Surajit Koley On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
