Chloris mossambicensis (Chloris mossambicensis)
Description
Tufted, stoloniferous perennial with the culms up to 30 cm high, compressed and glaucous-based. Inflorescence of three to four digitate spikes 4-7 cm long, straw-coloured, variegated with purple; spikelets 3-4 mm long, lemmas with an inconspicuous fringe above (Napper, 1965; Meredith, 1955). It resembles Rhodes grass but has shorter stolons (Bogdan & Pratt, 1967).
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Poales
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Family: Poaceae
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Genus: Chloris
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