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Internal ID UUID64402f5278639564050536
Scientific name Chloris gayana
Authority Kunth
First published in Révis. Gramin. 1: 89 (1829)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Chloris abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 406. 1850
Chloris gayana f. oligostachya (Murb.) Maire & Weiller in Fl. Afr. Nord 2: 204 1953
Chloris gayana subsp. oligostachya Murb. Contr. Fl. Nord-Ouest Afrique 4: 8. 1900 (1900)
Chloris glabrata Andersson Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(2): 557 (1864)
Chloris multiradiata var. ragazzii Pirotta Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 157. 1896
Chloris repens Hochst. Flora 38: 204 (1855)
Eustachys gayana Mundy Rhodesia Agric. J. 19: 142 (1922)
Chloris gayana subsp. oligostachys Barratte & Murb. Acta Univ. Lund. 36: 8, t. 13 1900
Chloris gayana f. oligostachys (Barratte & Murb.) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 2: 204 1953

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Language Common/alternative name
English rhodes grass
English rhode grass
Afrikaans rhodes-gras
Fulah pagamri
Finnish laidunviuhkaheinä
French herbe de rhodes
Hausa kanarin doki
Hebrew עשב רודוס
Japanese アフリカヒゲシバ
Kannada ರೋಡ್ಸ್ ಹುಲ್ಲು
Swahili mkekundu
Chinese 蓋氏虎尾草
Chinese 非洲虎尾草
Chinese 无芒虎尾草
Chinese 盖氏虎尾草

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000859517
UNII 1T892W068N
Florida Plant Atlas 319
Flora of Alabama 5517
USDA Plants CHGA2
Tropicos 25520943
INPN 629324
Flora of Italy 9489
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:395891-1
The Plant List kew-404788
Open Tree Of Life 98982
Observations.org 126099
NCBI Taxonomy 110876
Nature Serve 2.133038
IPNI 70580-3
iNaturalist 76292
GBIF 5289618
Freebase /m/05p9l6w
EPPO CHRGA
EOL 1114838
Calflora (Californian flora) 1996
US Library of Congress sh85113745
USDA GRIN 10260
Wikipedia Chloris_gayana

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_031894775.1 ASM3189477v1 Scaffold Agriculture Victoria 2023-09-25 76 575.31 Mb

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Water depth-dependent stem elongation of completely submerged Alternanthera philoxeroides is mediated by intra-internodal growth variations Jing S, Ren X, Lin F, Niu H, Ayi Q, Wan B, Zeng B, Zhang X Front Plant Sci 27-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10929712
doi:10.3389/fpls.2024.1323547
PMID:38476682
Diazotrophic abundance and community structure associated with three meadow plants on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Nshimiyimana JB, Zhao K, Wang W, Kong W Front Microbiol 08-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10801153
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1292860
PMID:38260880
Nonessential amino acids in tropical ruminant feed: Investigating grass and legume forages of Indonesia Tresia GE, Anggraeny YN, Winarsih WH, Setiasih S, Rohaeni ES, Mariyono M, Pamungkas D J Adv Vet Anim Res 31-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10868679
doi:10.5455/javar.2023.j739
PMID:38370889
The dynamics of vegetation diversity and biomass under traditional grazing in Ethiopia's Somali rangeland Gebremedhn HH, Dejene SW, Tuffa S, Tesfay Y, Mensah S, Devenish AJ Plant Environ Interact 07-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10711641
doi:10.1002/pei3.10127
PMID:38089846
Mineral Solubilizing Rhizobacterial Strains Mediated Biostimulation of Rhodes Grass Seedlings Javaid S, Mushtaq S, Mumtaz MZ, Rasool G, Naqqash T, Afzal M, Mushtaq U, Ali HM, Akhtar MF, Abbas G, Li L Microorganisms 12-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10609362
doi:10.3390/microorganisms11102543
PMID:37894201
Multiple highly expressed phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase genes have divergent enzyme kinetic properties in two C4 grasses DiMario RJ, Kophs AN, Apalla AJ, Schnable JN, Cousins AB Ann Bot 07-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10667006
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad116
PMID:37675505
Effects of Biological Nitrogen Metabolism on Glufosinate-Susceptible and -Resistant Goosegrass (Eleusine indica L.) Luo Q, Fu H, Hu F, Li S, Chen Q, Peng S, Yang C, Liu Y, Chen Y Int J Mol Sci 07-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10531271
doi:10.3390/ijms241813791
PMID:37762094
Analysis of global Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus) collections reveals high genetic diversity among genotypes with some redundancy between collections Muktar MS, Bizuneh T, Anderson W, Assefa Y, Negawo AT, Teshome A, Habte E, Muchugi A, Feyissa T, Jones CS Sci Rep 04-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10477186
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-41583-7
PMID:37667017
Development of genomic resources for Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana), draft genome and annotated variant discovery Maybery-Reupert K, Isenegger D, Hayden M, Cogan N Front Plant Sci 04-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10507473
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1239290
PMID:37731974
The Application of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi as Microbial Biostimulant, Sustainable Approaches in Modern Agriculture Sun W, Shahrajabian MH Plants (Basel) 29-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10490045
doi:10.3390/plants12173101
PMID:37687348
Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal two new graminicolous species, Curvularia aurantia sp. nov. and C. vidyodayana sp. nov. with new records of Curvularia spp. from Sri Lanka Ferdinandez HS, Manamgoda DS, Udayanga D, Munasinghe MS, Castlebury LA Fungal Syst Evol 28-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10918625
doi:10.3114/fuse.2023.12.11
PMID:38455951
Integrating multiple regulations on enzyme activity: the case of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinases Rojas BE, Iglesias AA AoB Plants 02-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10441589
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plad053
PMID:37608926
In search of lost ergots: phylogenetic re-evaluation of Claviceps species in Japan and their biogeographic patterns revealed Tanaka E, Tanada K, Hosoe T, Shrestha B, Kolařík M, Liu M Stud Mycol 17-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10825747
doi:10.3114/sim.2023.106.01
PMID:38298573
Metagenomics reveals the structure of Mastrevirus–host interaction network within an agro-ecosystem Claverie S, Hoareau M, Chéhida SB, Filloux D, Varsani A, Roumagnac P, Martin DP, Lett JM, Lefeuvre P Virus Evol 06-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10354507
doi:10.1093/ve/vead043
PMID:37475836
From soil to plant: strengthening carrot defenses against Meloidogyne incognita with vermicompost and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi biofertilizers Ahamad L, Bhat AH, Kumar H, Rana A, Hasan MN, Ahmed I, Ahmed S, Machado RA, Ameen F Front Microbiol 14-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10300642
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1206217
PMID:37389348

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