Echinochloa polystachya (Kunth) Hitchc.
POACEAE
- Grass family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
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Name: Echinochloa polystachya (Kunth) Hitchc.
Nomencl. ref.: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22: 135, fig. 26. 1920
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Creeping river grass
English name: Aleman grass English name: creeping river grass
Spanish name: pasto chiguirera
Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
= Oplismenus polystachyus Kunth
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Echinochloa
Species:
Page counter: 838 ( AVG: 250.01 / 341.861 )
Gallery:
Echinochloa polystachya
Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. Washington, DC. - Non-Copyrighted Image
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (FL, LA, TX), USA+ (Puerto Rico)
Map for Echinochloa polystachya (Kunth) Hitchc.
(*) 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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