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Heteropogon contortus - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 7/2005 © Jörn Germer

Heteropogon contortus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 7/2005 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 978
Date of entry: 04.12.2008
Last update: 12.01.2020

Common name

English: Pili grass

Mandarin: 黄茅 (huang mao)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Cyperales (91)

        Family: Poaceae (73)(family description)

          Genus: Heteropogon (1)

            Epithet: contortus (L.) Beauv. ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes (1)

contortus => twisted

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

External links

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