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Burmann's basketgrass (Oplismenus burmanni)

Dlium Burmann's basketgrass (Oplismenus burmannii)

Burmann's basketgrass (Oplismenus burmanni) is a species of plant in the Poaceae, grows spreading along the ground, cylindrical stems with linear wrinkles, up to 100 cm long, reddish green, segmented and grows roots, breeds in forests, agricultural land and edges. road.

O. burmanni has ribbon-shaped leaves, up to 7 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, green or dark red, white-haired at the base, pointed tip, wavy margins and a vein in the middle.







The inflorescences grow in terminals at the tip of the upper stem on long, erect, branching stalks, each unique 2.5 cm long and consisting of a small number of short racemes that have spikes and are attached to a central axis.

Burmann's basketgrass grows in large colonies to densely cover the soil surface in dry or slightly sandy places at elevations of up to 1000 meters.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Boivinellinae
Genus: Oplismenus P.Beauv. in Fl. Oware 2: 14 (1810)
Species: Oplismenus burmanni (Retz.) P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 54 (1812)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Hippagrostis burmanni (Retz.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 777 (1891)
Orthopogon burmanni (Retz.) R.Br. in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 194 (1810)
Panicum burmanni Retz. in Observ. Bot. 3: 10 (1783)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Oplismenus affinis J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 323 (1830)
Oplismenus affinis Schult. in Mant. 2: 273 (1824)
Oplismenus affinis var. humboldtianus U.Scholz in Phanerog. Monogr. 13: 55 (1981)
Oplismenus albus (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 890 (1817)
Oplismenus baronii A.Camus in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 75: 911 (1928 publ. 1929)
Oplismenus bromoides (Lam.) P.Beauv. (1812)
Oplismenus burmanni var. albidulus N.E.Br. in Gard. Chron., n.s., 26: 776 (1886)
Oplismenus burmanni f. cristatus (J.Presl) Hiern ex Peter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(1): 222 (1931)
Oplismenus burmanni var. lanatus (Buse) Backer in Handb. Fl. Java 2: 172 (1928)
Oplismenus burmanni var. multisetus (A.Rich.) U.Scholz (1981)
Oplismenus burmanni var. nudicaulis (Vasey) McVaugh in Fl. Novo-Galiciana 14: 274 (1983)
Oplismenus cristatus J.Presl (1830)
Oplismenus gracilis Schltdl. in Linnaea 24: 649 (1852)
Oplismenus gracillimus Mez in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 55 (1917)
Oplismenus hirtellus subsp. japonicus (Steud.) U.Scholz (1981)
Oplismenus hookeri Parl. in Atti Riunione Sci. Ital. 8: 586 (1846)
Oplismenus humbertianus A.Camus in Naturaliste Malgache 5: 146 (1953)
Oplismenus humboldtianus Nees in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 264 (1829)
Oplismenus humboldtianus var. muticus E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 37 (1886)
Oplismenus humboldtianus var. nudicaulis Vasey in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 363 (1893)
Oplismenus japonicus (Steud.) Honda in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 189 (1924)
Oplismenus javanicus Klotzsch ex Schltdl. in Linnaea 31: 309 (1862)
Oplismenus mollissimus Hochst. ex Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 44 (1853)
Oplismenus multisetus A.Rich. in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 377 (1850)
Oplismenus preslii Kunth in Enum. Pl. 1: 141 (1833)
Oplismenus undulatifolius f. japonicus (Steud.) T.Koyama ex W.T.Lee in Lin. Fl. Koreae: 1388 (1996)
Oplismenus undulatifolius var. japonicus (Steud.) Koidz. in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39: 302 (1925)
Orthopogon albus (Poir.) Nees ex Steud. (1853)
Orthopogon bromoides (Lam.) G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Loudon's Hort. Brit.: 25 (1830)
Orthopogon burmanni var. glabrescens Buse in Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 110 (1855)
Orthopogon burmanni var. lanatus Buse in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh., prepr.: 30 (1854)
Panicum album Poir. in Encycl., Suppl. 4: 274 (1816)
Panicum bromoides Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 170 (1791)
Panicum cristatum (J.Presl) Steud. (1853)
Panicum francoi Steud. (1853)
Panicum ischnocaulon Steud. (1853)
Panicum japonicum Steud. in Flora 29: 18 (1846)
Panicum lappaceum Willd. ex Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 306 (1824)
Panicum multisetum (A.Rich.) Steud. (1853)
Panicum sanctae-marthae Steud. (1853)
Panicum schultesii Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 2: 263 (1841)

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VERNACULAR NAME

Arabic: عشب سلة بورمان
Chinese (Simplified): 伯曼篮草
Chinese (Traditional): 伯曼籃草
English: Burmann's basketgrass, Wavy-leaf basketgrass
France: Basketgrass de Burmann
German: Burmanns Korbgras
Hebrew: עשב הסל של בורמן
Indonesian: Bebesan, Rumput Bebesan, Rumput Burmann
Japanese: バーマンカゴグラス
Kannada: Bidari hullu
Korean: 버만바구니풀
Marathi: Kudak, Yeewa
Nepali: Ote Ghaans
Portuguese: Cesto de Burmann
Russian: Корзинка Бурмана
Sanskrit: Venupatrika
Spanish: Pasto de cesta de Burmann
Telugu: Kodijuttu gaddi, Konda anthrikagaddi

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