Isachne R. Br.

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Description:

Perennial grass (in ours) confined to shady places in evergreen forests. Inflorescence a diffuse panicle. Spikelets dorsally flattened, 2-flowered. Glumes 2, subequal, deciduous. Lower floret bisexual or male; upper female or bisexual. Upper lemma crisply chartaceous to crustaceous.

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Rights holder/AuthorMark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings, Flora of Zimbabwe
Sourcehttp://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=214

Distribution:

Nepal, S.E. Asia, Japan, Australia.

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Habitat and Ecology:

Habitat and Ecology

In natural habitats, this species typically occurs on mud or emergent in shallow water, as well as among floating mats of vegetation in swamps, marshes and standing water bodies. It is a serious weed of rice fields and has been recorded in soya fields (Weed Society of America 2012).

Systems

  • Terrestrial
  • Freshwater
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Brief:

"Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1 Year Assessed: 2010 Assessor/s: Kumar, B. Reviewer/s: Sadasivaiah, B., Bhat, G.K., Augustine, J., Rao, M.L.V., Dahanukar, N. & Molur, S. Contributors: Molur, S. Justification: Isachne pulchella is widely distributed and common species with no threats, hence assessed as Least Concern. Conservation Actions: No conservation actions are needed for this species."

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Rights holder/Author"Molur et al, 2011", IUCN and ZOO 2011, India Biodiversity Portal
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Population:

Population

Widely distributed common species.

Population Trend

Stable
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Statistics of barcoding coverage:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:22
Specimens with Sequences:27
Specimens with Barcodes:23
Species:7
Species With Barcodes:7
Public Records:20
Public Species:6
Public BINs:0

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Rights holder/AuthorSujeevan Ratnasingham, Paul D.N. Hebert, Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Sourcehttp://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=148557

Distribution:

Distributed throughout tropical India and Burma, extending through Southeast Asia to Australia.

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General Habitat:

"Marshy fields, wetlands, along the streams and paddy fields"

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Rights holder/Author"Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi", India Biodiversity Portal
Sourcehttp://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/243178

Brief:

Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Herb

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Rights holder/Author"Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi", India Biodiversity Portal
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Trends:

Population: Widely distributed common species. Population Trend: Stable

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