Biology:Rottboellia purpurascens

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Short description: Species of swamp grass

Rottboellia purpurascens
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Rottboellia
Species:
R. purpurascens
Binomial name
Rottboellia purpurascens
(Robyns) Jacq.-Fel. (1929)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Vanderyst (Robyns) Clayton
  • Robynsiochloa purpurascens Chasmopodium purpurascens
  • (Robyns) Jacq.-Fél. Rottboellia compressa

Rottboellia purpurascens is a species of swamp grass native to tropical Western Africa and the Congo Basin.[3] It grows 1–1.6 metres (3 ft 3 in–5 ft 3 in) tall stalks, with 25–55 centimetres (9.8 in–1 ft 9.7 in) long leaves.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15521101 entry