Echinochloa picta

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Biome: Freshwater[1].

Ecology: It is a tufted , rhizomatous annual or perennial . It is found in marshes or partly submerged areas, wet localities like rice fields . It is a floating species with soft spongy culms and narrow spikelets tapering towards an awn at the tip . It is a weed in cultivated fields (Kabeer and Nair 2009).[1].

List of Habitats :

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.2     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks   
  
•     5.3     Wetlands (inland) - Shrub Dominated Wetlands   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
  
•     5.6     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
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Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Echinochloa picta< /i> (J. König) P. W. Michael • Echinochloa senegalensis • Echinochloa stagnina • Panicum pictum • Panicum stagninum

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Echinochloa stagnina is a synonym of E. picta (Noltie 2000).[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Echinochloa

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 31 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

E. caudata (Long-Awned Barnyard Grass) · E. colona (Jungle Rice) · E. colonum (Jungle Rice) · E. crus-galli (Barnyard Grass) · E. crus-galli var. crus-galli (Barnyard Grass) · E. crus-pavonis (Gulf Cock's-Spur Grass) · E. crus-pavonis var. crus-pavonis (Gulf Cockspur Grass) · E. crus-pavonis var. macera (Gulf Cockspur Grass) · E. crusgalli (Large Barnyard Grass) · E. elliptica (Elliptic Cockspur Grass) · E. esculenta (Japanese Millet) · E. frumentacea (Billion Dollar Grass) · E. haploclada (Cockspur) · E. muricata (Rough Barnyard Grass) · E. muricata microstachya (Rough Barnyard Grass) · E. muricata var. microstachya (Rough Barnyardgrass) · E. muricata var. muricata (Rough Barnyardgrass) · E. oplismenoides (Chihuahuan Cockspur) · E. oryzicola (Rice Barnyardgrass) · E. oryzoides (Early Water Grass) · E. paludigena (Florida Cockspur) · E. phyllopogon (Paddy Barnyard Grass) · E. picta (Variegated Cockspur Grass) · E. polystachya (Creeping River Grass) · E. pyramidalis (Antelope Grass) · E. spectabilis (Showy Cockspur) · E. spiralis (Cockspur) · E. stagnina (Hippo Grass) · E. telmatophila (Swamp Barnyard Grass (Aust)) · E. turneriana (Channel Millet) · E. walteri (Coast Cockspur)

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Further Reading

• Cook, C.D.K. 1996. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of India. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).
• Kabeer, K.A.A. and Nair, V.J. 2009. Flora of Tamil Nadu - Grasses. Botanical Survey of India, Kolkatta.
• Lazarides, M. 1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia. (Grass SEAs)
• Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. (F TamilC)
• Noltie, H.J. 2000. The Flora of Bhutan. Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952&ndash;. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr) [mentions].

Notes

Contributors

• Anitha, K. 2011. Echinochloa picta. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 27, 2008)
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• National Herbarium of New South Wales: Plants of Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2676280
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-565148
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:907914-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 315436
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 565148
• IUCN ID: 206487
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ECPI
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 36723

Footnotes

1. Anitha, K. 2011. Echinochloa picta. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]

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