Chloris (plant)
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| Chloris virgata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
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| Genus: | Chloris Sw. |
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Chloris is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, the Poaceae, known generally as windmill grass or finger grass. The genus is found worldwide, but especially in the tropical and subtropical regions, and more often in the Southern Hemisphere. The species are variable in morphology, but in general, the plants are less than 0.5 m in height. They bear inflorescences shaped like umbels, with several plumes lined with rows of spikelets.
The genus was named for Chloris of Greek myth, a figure associated with flowers and spring.
- - slimspike windmill grass
- - swollen fingergrass
- Chloris boivinii
- - fringed windmill grass
- Chloris cubensis
- Chloris cucullata - hooded windmill grass
- - spreading windmill grass
- Chloris elata - tall windmill grass
- Chloris gayana - Rhodes grass
- , an agricultural weed[5]
- - comb windmill grass
- - spiderweb chloris
- - roadside windmill grass
- - Mexican windmill grass
- Chloris texensis
- Chloris truncata - Australian fingergrass, black windmill grass
- - Australian windmill grass, plump windmill grass
- - tumble windmill grass
- Chloris virgata - feather fingergrass
- formerly included[2]
species now considered better suited to other genera: Aegopogon Austrochloris Bouteloua Chondrosum Chrysochloa Ctenium Cynodon Dactyloctenium Daknopholis Disakisperma Eleusine Enteropogon Eustachys Gymnopogon Harpochloa Leptochloa Oxychloris Pseudopogonatherum Schoenefeldia Tetrapogon Trichloris
References[]
- ^ Tropicos, Chloris Sw.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ The Plant List search for Chloris
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 cocunty distribution maps
- ^ "Chloris inflata". Lucid Central Keys. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
External links[]
- Chloris (plant)
- Poaceae genera
- Grasses of North America
- Taxa named by Olof Swartz
- Chloridoideae stubs