Biology:Leptochloa chinensis
| Red sprangletop | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Leptochloa |
| Species: | L. chinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees
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Leptochloa chinensis, commonly known as red sprangletop,[1] Asian sprangletop,[2] or Chinese sprangletop, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is a serious weed of rice.[1]
It is native to regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Places it is found include Japan , South Korea , Southeast Asia, Australia , Papua New Guinea, Eswatini, West Africa, Fiji and Samoa.
It is known to be a pasture grass and is a livestock grazing feed grass specialty, but in some cases it is a common rice weed. The 1889 book 'The Useful Native Plants of Australia’ records that it is "an excellent pasture grass, much relished by stock ; it has tender panicles, and grows from two to three feet high. It is not endemic in Australia but is found in New South Wales and Queensland"[3]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Catindig, JLA; Lubigan, RT; Johnson, D (15 August 2017). "Leptochloa chinensis". International Rice Research Institute. http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/training/fact-sheets/item/leptochloa-chinensis. "The dirty dozen"
- ↑ English Names for Korean Native Plants. Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. pp. 514. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ J. H. Maiden (1889). The useful native plants of Australia : Including Tasmania. Turner and Henderson, Sydney. https://primo-slnsw.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=SLNSW_ALMA21105097830002626&context=L&vid=SLNSW&search_scope=EEA&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US.
Wikidata ☰ Q5699982 entry
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