Nice and Complete set Surajit Ji On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 12:05 AM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote:
> Sir / Madam, > > Found this grass today, beside railway track in Hooghly. This could be > BENA or KHAS-KHAS grass in Bengali. > > Species : Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty (syn. Vetiveria zizanioides > (L.) Nash.) ??? > more synonyms : http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-405169 > Bengali name : BENA, KHAS-KHAS (if the ID is correct) > Habit & Habitat : grass; culm = 90 cm X 5 mm, slightly compressed; leaf = > 75 cm X 0.9 cm, folded and covers culm; panicle = 39 cm; each raceme = 10 > cm to 13 cm; very deeply (?) rooted, could not uproot one > Date : 6/7/12, 8.25 a.m. > Place : Nalikul, Hooghly > > Information on the species is available at - > > - > > http://envis.frlht.org/trade_search.php?lst_part=ROOTS&lst_trade=KHUS,+USIRA > - image - http://www.oswaldasia.org/species/c/chrzi/chrzi_04_en.html > - flora of Pakistan - > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200026459 > - flora of Taiwan - > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1050&taxon_id=200026459 > - wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopogon_zizanioides > > Description differs to some degree in the above websites and to some > extent with this posted species, specially relating to panicle and raceme > length. > > Thank you & Regards, > > Surajit Koley > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
