Setaria palmifolia (J.Koenig) Stapf

English: Malaysian Palm Grass, Palm Bristlegrass

Mandarin: 棕叶狗尾草 (zong ye gou wei cao)

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Liliopsida (397)

      Order: Cyperales (91)

        Family: Poaceae (73)(family description)

          Genus: Setaria (2)

            Epithet: palmifolia (J.Koenig) Stapf (1)

Synonyms: Agrostis plicata Lour., Chaetochloa effusa (E.Fourn.) Hitchc., Chaetochloa palmifolia (J.Koenig) Hitchc. & Chase, Chaetochloa sulcata (Aubl.) Hitchc.

effusa => spread out, loosely-spreading, unrestrained

palmifolia => with palm-like leaves

plicata => folded, pleated

sulcata => furrowed

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: green, beige, white

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• [13] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1985): Wichtige Unkrautarten der Tropen und Subtropen. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.