Chloris barbata (L.) Sw.

English: Feather Finger Grass

Mandarin: 孟仁草 (meng ren cao)

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Cyperales (91)

        Family: Poaceae (73)(family description)

          Genus: Chloris (2)

            Epithet: barbata (L.) Sw. (4)

Synonyms: Chloris inflata Link, Chloris longifolia Steud., Chloris paraguaiensis Steud.

barbata => bearded, having tufts of long weak hairs

inflata => inflated, swollen

longifolia => having long leaves

paraguaiensis => from Paraguay

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

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• [218] Chloris barbata - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk
• [1180] Chloris barbata - GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
• [1549] Chloris barbata - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [14] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1984): Plants of cropland in Western Samoa with special reference to taro. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.