Synonyms. It is a useful forage for pasture and hay, drought-resistant and very productive, of high quality when young.

Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana Kunth) is an important tropical grass widespread in tropical and subtropical countries.

Chloris. The graphs are built from data from all publications in the database with this species name. Chloris gayana COMMON NAME Rhodes grass FAMILY Poaceae AUTHORITY Chloris gayana Kunth FLORA CATEGORY Vascular – Exotic STRUCTURAL CLASS Grasses NVS CODE ex A. It is a leafy grass, 1-2 m in height, highly variable in habit.

4. Gramineae (South Australia) Poaceae (Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory) Chloris pectinata Chloris sagraeana roadside windmill grass Chloris ×subdolichostachya [cucullata × verticillata] shortspike … Family. In Western Australia, Rhodes grass has become one of the most widely sown subtropical grasses since 2000 (Moore, 2006). abyssinica, Abyssinian, native to Ethiopia. Preferred name: Chloris gayana ; Authority: Kunth ; Notes. grama de Rodas in Spanish herbe de Rhodes in French hierba de Rodas in Spanish pasto … Chloris pectinata comb windmill grass Chloris pycnothrix spiderweb chloris Chloris radiata radiate fingergrass Chloris roxburghiana . A-Z sorted by Scientific Names | A-Z sorted by Common Names | A-Z sorted by Family. ... Chloris gayana Rhodes grass Chloris mossambicensis . Rich.. Family. Rhodes grass is a perennial or annual tropical grass. Morphology. Photo gallery. Chloris gayana Kunth Common name rhodes grass WildNet taxon ID 15551 Conservation significant No Confidential No Endemicity Introduced Pest status Environmental Weed Other resources The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH) Atlas of Living Australia.

Chloris gayana Kunth. Derivation of the botanical name: Chloris, after the Greek goddess of flowers, Chloris, daughter of Amphion; Flora was the equivalent Roman goddess; Latin chloris, chloridis 'verdant', Greek chloros 'green'. Chloris abyssinica Hochst. Chloris gayana: second lemma of spikelet pointed at apex, not widened distally, and plants with stolons (vs. C. virgata, with second lemma of spikelet +/- truncate at the apex, sometimes widely distally, and plants usually lacking stolons). Common name: Rhodes Grass Chloris gayana Kunth APNI* Description: Erect, mostly glabrous perennial to 1.2 m high, usually stoloniferous, sometimes tufted; culms usually branched, slightly geniculate at the base, tough and wiry.

A forage grass now naturalized throughout the tropics and subtropics. Chloris gayana Kunth Show All Show Tabs Rhodes grass General Information; Symbol: CHGA2 ... or see all the Chloris thumbnails at the Plants Gallery Steve Hurst. gayana, in honor of Jaques Étienne Gay (1786 – 1864), a Swiss-French botanist, civil servant, collector and taxonomist. Need Help? Chloris striate mosaic virus, which may also attack Ixophorus unisetus, Dactylis glomerata, Triticum spp., Avena sativa, Hordeum vulgare, and Zea mays is transmitted by Nesoclutha (obscura) pallida (Cicadellidae), and may be carried in the seed. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the University of South Florida and other herbaria. Ability to spread

Poaceae. Western Asia, tropical Africa.