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Internal ID UUID64402f5530c08426657764
Scientific name Chloris virgata
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First published in Fl. Ind. Occid. 1: 203 (1797)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Agrostomia barbata Cerv. Naturaleza (Madrid) 1870: 346 (1870)
Chloris alba J.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 289 (1830)
Chloris alba var. aristulata Torr. Pacif. Railr. Rep. Whipple, Bot. 4(5; 4): 155 (1857)
Chloris alberti Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 650 (1880)
Chloris barbata var. decora Benth. Fl. Austral. 7: 613 (1878)
Chloris barbata var. meccana (Hochst. ex Steud.) Asch. & Schweinf. Ill. Fl. Égypte 170 1887
Chloris brachystachys Andersson Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(2): 556 (1864)
Chloris caudata Trin. ex Bunge Enum. Pl. China Bor. [A.A. von Bunge] 70. 1833 [Mar 1833]
Chloris compressa DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. 94. 1813 [Feb-Mar 1813]
Chloris decora Nees ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1(3): 205. 1854 [1855 publ. 12-13 Apr 1854]
Chloris gabrielae Domin Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 368 (1915)
Chloris madagascariensis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 206 (1854)
Chloris multiradiata Hochst. Flora 38: 204. 1855
Chloris notocoma Hochst. Flora 38: 204 (1855)
Chloris penicillata Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 87 (1805)
Chloris penicillata Jan ex Trin. Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl. : 231 (1824)
Chloris penicillata Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. i. 353.
Chloris polydactyla P.Durand Quib. Chlor. Spec. : 14, 22 (1808)
Chloris polydactyla subsp. multiradiata (Hochst.) Chiov. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 54. 1903 (1903 publ. 1902)
Chloris pubescens Lag. Varied. Ci. 2(4): 143 (1805)
Chloris rogeonii A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14: 127 (1934)
Chloris tetrastachys Hack. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 291 (1896)
Chloris tibestica Quézel Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 48: 84 (1957)
Chloris virgata var. elegans (Kunth) Stapf Fl. Cap. 7: 642. 1900
Cynosurus penicillatus Vahl Symb. Bot. 2: 21 (1791)
Eleusine penicillata Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1: 350 (1824)
Heterolepis elegans Ehrenb. ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5(2): 554. 1884 [Apr 1884]
Rabdochloa virgata P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 84 (1812)
Chloris elegans Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 166 (1816)
Chloris meccana Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1(3): 205. 1854 [1855 publ. 12-13 Apr 1854]

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Language Common/alternative name
English feather fingergrass
English feather windmillgrass
English feather-top chloris
English feathery rhodes-grass
Afrikaans witpluim-chloris
Czech prstnatka prutnatá
Welsh glaswellt-rhodes affrica
Finnish untuvaviuhkaheinä
Japanese オヒゲシバ
Korean 나도바랭이
mn Саваан булган сүүл
Swedish dunkvastgräs
Chinese 虎尾草
Chinese 刷子头
Chinese 棒锤草
Chinese 盘草

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Macaronesia
      • Cape Verde
      • Madeira
    • Middle Atlantic Ocean
      • Ascension
      • Saint Helena
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Socotra
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Morocco
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Caprivi Strip
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Burkina
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Rwanda
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
      • Mozambique Channel Islands
      • Seychelles
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States
      • Oman
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Inner Mongolia
      • Manchuria
      • Qinghai
      • Tibet
      • Xinjiang
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
      • Nansei-shoto
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Mongolia
      • Mongolia
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur
      • Khabarovsk
      • Primorye
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Bangladesh
      • East Himalaya
      • India
      • Nepal
      • Pakistan
    • Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands
      • Myanmar
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Jawa
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • Northern Territory
      • Queensland
      • South Australia
      • Victoria
      • Western Australia
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Kansas
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • North Dakota
      • Oklahoma
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah
  • Pacific
    • North-central Pacific
      • Hawaii
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Marianas
    • South-central Pacific
      • Marquesas
      • Society Islands
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Gilbert Islands
      • Nauru
      • New Caledonia
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
    • Caribbean
      • Aruba
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Leeward Islands
      • Netherlands Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central
      • Chile North
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Galápagos
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000859723
UNII E9GH0N0CEX
Florida Plant Atlas 15
Flora of Alabama 4734
USDA Plants CHVI4
Tropicos 25510863
INPN 90925
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:396063-1
The Plant List kew-404976
Open Tree Of Life 457534
Observations.org 150005
NCBI Taxonomy 314391
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000014870
Nature Serve 2.129321
IPNI 396063-1
iNaturalist 62918
GBIF 5289624
Freebase /m/05p8z3b
EPPO CHRVI
EOL 1114833
Elurikkus 505321
Calflora (Californian flora) 1998
USDA GRIN 10289
Wikipedia Chloris_virgata

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Effects of different combinations of pre‐ and post‐grazing heights on herbage mass and nutrient reserves of Leymus chinensis in Northeast China Zhao C, Chang X, Li Q, Zhong R, Zhou D Ecol Evol 06-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11070838
doi:10.1002/ece3.11336
PMID:38711485
Regulation of Root Exudation in Wheat Plants in Response to Alkali Stress Wang H, Zhao S, Qi Z, Yang C, Ding D, Xiao B, Wang S, Yang C Plants (Basel) 28-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11085862
doi:10.3390/plants13091227
PMID:38732442
Carboxylic acid accumulation and secretion contribute to the alkali-stress tolerance of halophyte Leymus chinensis Wang H, Zhao S, Sun B, Osman FM, Qi Z, Ding D, Liu X, Ding J, Zhang Z Front Plant Sci 19-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10985159
doi:10.3389/fpls.2024.1366108
PMID:38567134
Metagenomics study of soil microorganisms involved in the carbon cycle in a saline–alkaline meadow steppe in the Songnen Plain in Northeast China Xiao H, Wei Y, Sun X, Song X, Liu J, Bai Z, Hu G, Qin L Front Microbiol 04-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10945018
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2024.1335488
PMID:38500586
Impact of Environmental Food Intake on the Gut Microbiota of Endangered Père David’s Deer: Primary Evidence for Population Reintroduction Mo Q, Yao H, Wu H, Zhao D Animals (Basel) 27-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10931168
doi:10.3390/ani14050728
PMID:38473113
Planting grass enhances relations between soil microbes and enzyme activities and restores soil functions in a degraded grassland Zhang M, Li Z, Zhang B, Zhang R, Xing F Front Microbiol 15-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10903263
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2024.1290849
PMID:38426067
Nitrogen addition regulates the effects of variation in precipitation patterns on plant biomass formation and allocation in a Leymus chinensis grassland of northeast China Ren J, Wang C, Wang Q, Song W, Sun W Front Plant Sci 12-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10810989
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1323766
PMID:38283970
Microbial network structure, not plant and microbial community diversity, regulates multifunctionality under increased precipitation in a cold steppe Yang X, Song W, Yang X, Yang T, Bao W, Wang C, Li J, Zhong S, Jiang Q, Li LJ, Sun W Front Microbiol 12-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10814129
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1349747
PMID:38282737
Phytohormone Production by the Endophyte Bacillus safensis TS3 Increases Plant Yield and Alleviates Salt Stress Chebotar VK, Zaplatkin AN, Chizhevskaya EP, Gancheva MS, Voshol GP, Malfanova NV, Baganova ME, Khomyakov YV, Pishchik VN Plants (Basel) 26-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10780329
doi:10.3390/plants13010075
PMID:38202382
Effect of grazing and climatic factors on biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships in grassland ecosystems - a case study of typical steppe in Inner Mongolia, China Zhang Y, Wuriliga, Liu P, Fan R, Guo J, Liu L, Ding Y Front Plant Sci 22-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10770857
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1297061
PMID:38186605
Ethnobotanical study of traditional forage plants in the Gansu–Ningxia–Inner Mongolia junction zone: conservation and sustainable utilization for animal husbandry Xie J, Liu X, Luo M, Liu F, Liu S, Zhao Y, Zhang X, Zhao W, Wu F J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 15-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10652598
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00625-0
PMID:37968695
Effects of different types of vegetation cover on soil microorganisms and humus characteristics of soda-saline land in the Songnen Plain Guo L, Tóth T, Yang F, Wang Z Front Microbiol 21-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10551454
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1163444
PMID:37808294
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
Electrical Conductivity and pH Are Two of the Main Factors Influencing the Composition of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in the Vegetation Succession Series of Songnen Saline-Alkali Grassland Fang LL, Liu YJ, Wang ZH, Lu XY, Li JH, Yang CX J Fungi (Basel) 23-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10532779
doi:10.3390/jof9090870
PMID:37754978
Molecular Advances to Combat Different Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.): A Comprehensive Review Paliwal S, Tripathi MK, Tiwari S, Tripathi N, Payasi DK, Tiwari PN, Singh K, Yadav RK, Asati R, Chauhan S Genes (Basel) 17-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10379177
doi:10.3390/genes14071461
PMID:37510365

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