Hemarthria altissima

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Hemarthria altissima
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Close-up of specimen
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Patches of Hemarthria altissima in a pasture in Hawaii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Hemarthria
Species:
H. altissima
Binomial name
Hemarthria altissima
Synonyms [1]
List
    • Andropogon altissimus(Poir.) Raspail
    • Andropogon fasciculatusRaspail
    • Hemarthria capensisTrin.
    • Hemarthria caudiculataSteud.
    • Hemarthria compressa var. fasciculata(Hack.) Keng
    • Hemarthria fasciculataKunth
    • Hemarthria guyanensisSteud.
    • Lepturus fasciculatusTrin.
    • Lodicularia capensis(Trin.) Nees
    • Lodicularia fasciculataP.Beauv.
    • Manisuris altissima(Poir.) Hitchc.
    • Manisuris fasciculata(Hack.) Hitchc.
    • Rottboellia altissimaPoir.
    • Rottboellia articulataThunb. ex Roem. & Schult.
    • Rottboellia fasciculataLam.
    • Rottboellia heterochroaGand.
    • Rottboellia spathaceaTen.

Hemarthria altissima, variously called limpo grass, limpograss, halt grass, Batavian quick grass, swamp couch grass, red swamp grass and red vleigrass, is a species of flowering plant in the jointgrass genus Hemarthria , family Poaceae. [1] It is native to the Old World Tropics and Subtropics; Africa, Southern Europe, the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, eastern China, and Borneo, and widely introduced as a forage in the New World, from Texas and Florida south to northern Argentina. [2] In addition to being a valued forage for livestock, it makes a good, fragrant silage. [2] A number of cultivars are commercially available. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hemarthria altissima (Poir.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 Heuzé, V.; Tran, G.; Eugène, M.; Lebas (15 July 2015). "Limpo grass (Hemarthria altissima)". Feedipedia – Animal Feed Resources Information System. Feedipedia, a programme by INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. Lin, Yao; Zhang, Ailing; Yang, Shengting; Huang, Linkai (2019). "Reference gene selection for real-time quantitative PCR normalization in Hemarthria compressa and Hemarthria altissima leaf tissue". Molecular Biology Reports. 46 (5): 4763–4769. doi:10.1007/s11033-019-04922-4. PMID   31228043. S2CID   195246694.