Species Chloris virgata Sw. (Oldland grass)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- class: Liliopsida
  • --- order: Poales
  • ---- family: Poaceae
  • ----- species: Chloris virgata
Characteristics:tufted grass, 75cm tall, digitate, hairy inflorescence, spikelets with a characteristic tuft of hair at the tip of the lemma, leaf blade with prominent midrib and a rough margin
Links:
References:Van Rooyen et al. 2001: 92
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Creator: Steve Hurst
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Creator: MBG
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Comments: Chloris virgata Sw.. Isotype 2359514
SpecimenId: 100169851
SpecimenText: Schimper, Georg Heinrich Wilhelm - 802
Caption: Schimper - 802 - Cape Verde
Image kind: Herbarium Specimen
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Place: Hawaii, Honokanaia, Kahoolawe
Creator: Forest & Kim Starr
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Creator: Petra Ballings
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Comments: Species: Chloris virgata Sw. Date: 2007-12-22 Location: By main Harare to Bulawayo Rd, south of Kwekwe Habitat: Roadside verge
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/1993004
Place: Hawaii, Honokanaia, Kahoolawe
Creator: Forest & Kim Starr
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