Finger grass (Chloris Barbata)

Finger grass (Chloris barbata) is a plant species in Poaceae, upright, up to 90 cm high, cylinder -shaped rods, green or yellow and spit out.

C. Barbata has a ribbon -shaped leaf and green. Inflorescence in panicle at the upper end of the stem, branching on a shaft and reddish-colored.





Finger grass grows to form a tight colony in the forest, agricultural land, riverbank, roadside, cliffs and places with a lot of sunlight.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Eleusininae
Genus: Chloris Sw. in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occid.: 25 (1788)
Species: Chloris barbata Sw. in Fl. Ind. Occid. 1: 200 (1797)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Andropogon barbatus L. in Mant. Pl. 2: 302 (1771)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Chloris barbata var. divaricata Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 771 (1891)
Chloris inflata Link in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 105 (1821)
Chloris longifolia Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 205 (1854)
Chloris paraguaiensis Steud. (1854)
Chloris rufescens Steud. (1854)

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VERNACULAR NAME

Chinese (traditional): 虎尾草, 孟仁草, 刺虎尾草
English: Finger Grass, Swollen fingergrass, Purpletop chloris, Plush grass, Swollen windmill grass, Airport grass, Feather finger grass, Fingergrass, Pea-cock plumegrass, Swollen windmill grass
Finnish: Partaviuhkaheinä
French: Chloride barbue
Guangdong: 虎尾草 - 刺虎尾草
Hawaiian: Mau`u lei
Hong Kong: 虎尾草 - 刺虎尾草 - 孟仁草
Indonesian: Jejarongan, Rumput kembang goyang
Japanese: シマヒゲシバ - タイワンオヒゲシバ - ムラサキヒゲシバ - ムラサキシマヒゲシバ - クロコウセンガヤ
Kannada: Hennu-manchadakalu hullu, Manchada kaalu hullu, Sevaragu
Macao: 虎尾草 - 刺虎尾草 - 孟仁草
Malayalam: Konda-pullu, Mayil pullu, Kodappullu
Marathi: Gondvel, Tan, Gondval, Goshya, Mesi
Russian: Хлорис бородатый
Spanish: Pasto con dedos
Taiwan: 孟仁草
Tamil: Chevvarakupul, Kotai-p-pul, Kuruthu pillu, Kodai pullu, Kattuk kotumai
Telugu: Uppu gaddi
Thai: หญ้ารังนก

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