Biology:Chloris elata

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Short description: Species of plant

Chloris elata
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Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Chloris
Species:
C. elata
Binomial name
Chloris elata
Bisch.

Chloris elata is a species of grass known by the common name tall windmill grass.

It is native to:

  • North America, in the U.S. state of Florida (within southern Florida)
  • Islands of the Caribbean, on Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua), Cuba, Hispaniola
  • Central America in Honduras
  • South America, in Brazil , Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina , Paraguay, and Uruguay[2][3]

References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.133221/Chloris_elata. 
  2. {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Chloris elata | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 25 January 2018 }}
  3. USDA: Chloris elata

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13901350 entry