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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Chloris

Hierarchical position of the Genus Chloris

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967. common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes       SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Poales Small pub. Fl. S.E. U.S.: 48. 1903.       Familia  Poaceae (R. Br.) Barnh. pub. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 7. 15 Jan 1895, nom. cons. common name: Gramineae       Subfamilia  Chloridoideae Burmeist. pub. Handb. Naturgesch.: 205. 1837.    Tribus  Chlorideae Trin. pub. Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl.: 117. late Oct or 1 Nov 1824.    Subtribus  Chloridinae C. Presl pub. Reliq. Haenk. 1: 286. Jan-Jun 1830.    Genus  Chloris Sw. pub. (1788) common name: windmill grass

Named members of the Genus Chloris

1	Species  andropogonoides Fourn. common name: slimspike windmillgrass
2	Species  argentina (Hack.) Lillo & Parodi syn. Eustachys retusa
3	Species  barbata (L.) Nash, non Sw. syn. Chloris elata
4	Species  canterai Arech.
	5    Varietas  canterai common name: Paraguayan windmill grass 6    Varietas  grandiflora (Roseng. & Izag.) D.E. Anderson common name: Paraguayan windmill grass
7	Species  capensis auct. non (Houtt.) Thellung syn. Eustachys caribaea
8	Species  caribaea Spreng. syn. Eustachys caribaea
9	Species  chloridea (J. Presl) A.S. Hitchc. syn. Enteropogon chlorideus
10	Species  ciliata Sw. common name: fringed windmill grass
11	Species  crinita Lag. common name: false Rhodes grass
12	Species  cubensis A.S. Hitchc. & Ekman ex A.S. Hitchc. common name: Cuban windmill grass
13	Species  cucullata Bisch. common name: hooded windmill grass
14	Species  curtipendula Michx. syn. Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula
15	Species  cynodontioides Balansa syn. Chloris divaricata
16	Species  dandyana C.D. Adams syn. Chloris elata
17	Species  distichophylla Lag. syn. Eustachys distichophylla
18	Species  divaricata R. Br.
	19    Varietas  cynodontioides (Balansa) Lazarides syn. Chloris divaricata
20	Species  dubia Kunth syn. Leptochloa dubia
21	Species  elata Desv. common name: tall windmill grass
22	Species  floridana (Chapman) Wood syn. Eustachys floridana
23	Species  gayana Kunth common name: Rhodes grass
24	Species  glauca (Chapman) Wood syn. Eustachys glauca
25	Species  inflata Link syn. Chloris barbata
26	Species  latisquamea Nash syn. Chloris �subdolichostachya
27	Species  mendocina Phil. syn. Chloris crinita
28	Species  neglecta Nash syn. Eustachys neglecta
29	Species  paraguaiensis Steud. syn. Chloris barbata
30	Species  pectinata Benth. common name: comb windmill grass
31	Species  petraea Sw. syn. Eustachys petraea
32	Species  pluriflora (Fourn.) W.D. Clayton common name: multiflower false Rhodes grass
33	Species  polydactyla Sw. syn. Chloris elata
34	Species  prieurii Kunth syn. Enteropogon prieurii
35	Species  radiata (L.) Sw. common name: radiate fingergrass
36	Species  sagraeana A. Rich. common name: roadside windmill grass
37	Species  submutica Kunth common name: Mexican windmill grass
38	Species  texensis Nash common name: Texas windmill grass
39	Species  truncata R. Br. common name: Australian fingergrass
40	Species  ventricosa R. Br. common name: Australian windmill grass
41	Species  verticillata Nutt. common name: tumble windmill grass
42	Species  virgata Sw. common name: feather fingergrass
43	Species  x brevispica Nash
44	Species  x subdolichostachya Muell. (pro sp.) common name: shortspike windmill grass

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.