Chloris gayana Kunth
POACEAE
- Grass family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
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Name: Chloris gayana Kunth
Nomencl. ref.: Révis. Gramin. 1: 89 (1829)
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Rhodes grass
English name: Abyssinian Rhodes grass English name: Rhodes grass
Spanish name: pasto de Rodas
French name: herbe de Rhodes
Italian name: Chloris di Gay
German name: Rhodasgras
Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Chloris
Species:
Page counter: 1936 ( AVG: 222.32 / 291.386 )
Gallery:
Chloris gayana
Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. Washington, DC. - Non-Copyrighted Image
Chloris gayana
Seed heads at Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Chloris gayana
Seed heads at Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Chloris gayana
Seed heads at Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Chloris gayana
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
Chloris gayana
Habit at Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Chloris gayana
Habit at Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AZ, CA, FL, HI, IL, LA, MA, ME, MS, NC, TX, VA), USA+ (VI)
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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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5) Chloris petraea Sw. [137]
6) Chloris prieurii Kunth [280]
7) Chloris uliginosa Hack. [90]
8) Chlorophora tinctoria (L.) Gaudich. ex Benth. & Hook. f. [162]
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