Common name
English: Seashore centipede grass
Mandarin: 无芒鸭嘴草 (wu mang ya zui cao)
English: Seashore centipede grass
Mandarin: 无芒鸭嘴草 (wu mang ya zui cao)
Kingdom: Plantae (2592)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2489)
Class: Liliopsida (387)
Order: Cyperales (91)
Family: Poaceae (72)(family description)
Genus: Ischaemum (1)
Epithet: muticum L. (1)
Synonym: Andropogon polymorphus Steud.
muticum => curtailed, docked, pointless blunt, awn-less
polymorphus => having many forms of the same organ
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green, white
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