Hemarthria altissima

Hemarthria altissima
Close-up of specimen
Patches of Hemarthria altissima in a pasture in Hawaii
Scientific classification
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 (Poir.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
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. "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. 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.