Chloris
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Chloris

fingergrass
grass
slimspike windmillgrass

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.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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