| Chloris flagellifera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Genus: | Chloris |
| Species: | C. flagellifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Chloris flagellifera | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Chloris flagellifera is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native from Morocco in North Africa through the Arabian Peninsula to northwestern India. [1]
The species was first described by Christian Nees in 1842 as Eleusine flagellifera. [2] It was transferred to the genus Chloris in 2015. It has a number of other synonyms in the genus Eleusine , including Eleusine caespitosa and Eleusine compressa. [1] It has also been placed in the genus Ochthochloa, [1] which is now considered a synonym of Chloris. [3]
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