- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:424963-1
- Publication
- Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden
- Collation
- 9: 74, t. 92
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Poaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- J.F. Duthie 23532
- Locality
- 'Western Himalaya: in the Tons Valley, Tehri-Garhwal, at elevations between 3,009 and 5,000 feet, also up to 7,000 feet on the open hillsides from Lambataeh to Bamsu and Kulni, on the northern side of the Tons river'
- Type Herbaria
- lectotype K
- Chosen By
- Cope Fl. Pakistan 143(Poaceae): 77. 1982 [Jun 1982] [inadvertent lectotypification]
- Distribution Of Types
- Uttaranchal (India, Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)
Original Data
- Remarks
- Ind. or
Remarks
'At the higher elevations this plant forms compact masses of turf over considerable areas, and the peculiar purple tinge of its foliage produces a marked feature from a long distance. In the sandy bed of the Tons river it has been found in some abundance, endeavouring to maintain a foothold'