Thanks, Manoj ji, for the Id. Both GRIN as well as The Plant List treat *Coix* *gigantea* J.Koenig<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-405625> & *Chionachne* *koenigii* (Spreng.) Thwaites<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-404606> as the syn. of *Chionachne* *gigantea* (J.Koenig) Veldkamp<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-404603> as per links:
http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-404603 http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?451178 Do you think that they are different ? On 9 October 2012 22:48, manoj chandran <[email protected]> wrote: > This is Coix gigantea. You can see the large wings on the glumes of the > male spikelets. The earlier post was not showing the spikelets very clear. > It could also be Coix gigantea. You can see if the plant in the earlier > post had winged glumes and whether the stems/leaf sheaths were having > stinging hairs, if so it is Chionachne. The female spikelet of Chionachne > koenigii is flatter than Coix. Both are tall and the habit and habitat are > also similar in both genera. > > > On Monday, October 8, 2012 11:45:36 PM UTC+5:30, surajitkoley wrote: >> >> Sir, >> >> Found this grass in a roadside waste place. Is this the same *Chionachne >> koenigii* (Spreng.) as in my earlier post at - >> https://groups.google.com/d/**topic/indiantreepix/** >> FW5XrKtEnho/discussion<https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/FW5XrKtEnho/discussion> >> ? >> >> Species : *Chionachne koenigii* (Spreng.) >> Habit & Habitat : about 5.5. feet high, some even 7 feet or more; leaf >> avg. 45 cm x 5 cm >> Date : 8/10/12, 10.11 a.m. >> Place : Hooghly >> >> Thank you & Regards, >> >> surajit >> > -- > > > > -- 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 1980 members & 1,33,000 messages on 30/9/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 7500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. --
