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Taractrocera Papyria
''Taractrocera papyria'', the white-banded grass-dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. The wingspan is about 30 mm. The Western Australian subspecies lacks the white markings of the nominate species. The larvae feed on '' Phragmites australis'', ''Microlaena stipoides'', ''Imperata cylindrica'', ''Echinopogon caespitosus'', '' Cynodon dactylon'', '' Austrostipa scabra'', '' Austrodanthonia'', '' Carex gaudichaudiana'', '' Paspalum dilatatum'', '' Oryza sativa'', '' Pennisetum clandestinum'', '' Ehrharta longiflora'', ''Ehrharta calycina'' and ''Poa ''Poa'' is a genus of about 570 species of grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand species), a ...'' species. It constructs a shel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Baptiste Boisduval
Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician. He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entomologique de France. While best known abroad for his work in entomology, he started his career in botany, collecting a great number of French plant specimens and writing broadly on the topic throughout his career, including the textbook ''Flores française'' in 1828. Early in his career, he was interested in Coleoptera and allied himself with both Jean Théodore Lacordaire and Pierre André Latreille. He was the curator of the Pierre Françoise Marie Auguste Dejean collection in Paris and described many species of beetles, as well as butterflies and moths, resulting from the voyages of the ''Astrolabe'', the expedition ship of Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse and the '' Coquille'', that of Louis Isidore Duperrey. He left Paris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperata Cylindrica
''Imperata cylindrica'' (commonly known as cogongrass or kunai grass ) is a species of Perennial plant, perennial rhizomatous grass native to tropical and subtropical Asia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia, Africa, and southern Europe. It has also been introduced to Latin America, the Caribbean, and the southeastern United States. It is a highly flammable pyrophyte, and can spread rapidly by colonizing disturbed areas and encouraging more frequent wildfires. Common names The species is most commonly known in English as "cogongrass", from Castilian Spanish, Spanish ''cogón'', from the Tagalog language, Tagalog and Visayan languages, Visayan ''kugon''. Other common names in English include ''kunai grass'', ''blady grass'', ''satintail'', ''spear grass'', ''sword grass'', ''thatch grass'', ''alang-alang'', ''lalang grass'', ''cotton wool grass'', and ''kura-kura'' , among other names. Description It grows from 0.6 to 3 m (2 to 10 feet) tall. The leaf, leaves are about 2& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ehrharta Calycina
''Ehrharta calycina'' is a species of grass known by the common names perennial veldtgrass and purple veldtgrass. Distribution It is native to southern Africa; from South Africa (within the Cape Provinces, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal), Lesotho and Namibia. It grows in Veld grassland habits and on low-lying sandy areas. Description ''Ehrharta calycina'' is a highly variable perennial grass, often but not always rhizomatous. It usually reaches in height, but is known to grow much taller in favorable conditions. The inflorescence is a narrow to wide open array of spikelets light in color when new and becoming darker and tinted purple to reddish with age. Taxonomy The Latin specific epithet of ''calycina'' is derived from ''calycinus'' meaning like a calyx or with a prominent calyx. It was first described and published in Pl. Icon. Ined. on table 33 in 1789. Introduced / invasive species The grass is an introduced species, including places such as; California, Egypt, Hawaii, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ehrharta Longiflora
''Ehrharta'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1779. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 40: 217, pl. 8 Most of the species are native to Africa, with a few from Southeast Asia and from various islands in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. The genus is also found in Australia, southern Asia, the Mediterranean, and North America. Several including ''Ehrharta longiflora'', ''Ehrharta calycina'' and ''Ehrharta erecta'' are considered invasive weeds. Common names for this genus include veldtgrass. This genus was named for the German botanist Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, 1742–1795. Species * ''Ehrharta acuminata'' (R.Br.) Spreng. - Australia * '' Ehrharta barbinodis'' Nees - Cape Province * ''Ehrharta brevifolia'' Schrad. - Cape Province, Namibia * ''Ehrharta bulbosa'' Sm. - Cape Province * ''Ehrharta calycina'' Sm. - Cape Province, Namibia, Free State, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal; naturalized in Mediterranean, Australia, New Zealand, USA (Cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennisetum Clandestinum
The tropical grass species ''Cenchrus clandestinus'' (previously Pennisetum clandestinum) is known by several common names, most often kikuyu grass, as it is native to the highland regions of East Africa that is home to the Kikuyu people. Because of its rapid growth and aggressive nature, it is categorised as a noxious weed in some regions. However, it is also a popular garden lawn species in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the southern region of California in the United States, as it is inexpensive and moderately drought-tolerant. In addition, it is useful as pasture for livestock grazing and serves as a food source for many avian species, including the long-tailed widowbird. The flowering culms are very short and "hidden" amongst the leaves, giving this species its specific epithet (''clandestinus''). Description and habitat ''Cenchrus clandestinus'' is a rhizomatous grass with matted roots and a grass-like or herbaceous habit. The leaves are green, flattened or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oryza Sativa
''Oryza sativa'', commonly known as Asian rice or indica rice, is the plant species most commonly referred to in English as ''rice''. It is the type of farmed rice whose cultivars are most common globally, and was first domesticated in the Yangtze River basin in China 13,500 to 8,200 years ago. ''Oryza sativa'' belongs to the genus '' Oryza'' of the grass family Poaceae. With a genome consisting of 430 Mbp across 12 chromosomes, it is renowned for being easy to genetically modify and is a model organism for the botany of cereals. Classification ''Oryza sativa'' contains two major subspecies: the sticky, short-grained ''japonica'' or ''sinica'' variety, and the nonsticky, long-grained ' rice variety. ''Japonica'' was domesticated in the Yangtze Valley 9–6,000 years ago, and its varieties can be cultivated in dry fields (it is cultivated mainly submerged in Japan), in temperate East Asia, upland areas of Southeast Asia, and high elevations in South Asia, while ''indica'' w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paspalum Dilatatum
''Paspalum dilatatum'' is a species of grass known by the common name dallisgrass, Dallas grass, or sticky heads. It is native to Brazil and Argentina, but it is known throughout the world as an introduced species and at times a common weed. Its rapid growth and spreading rhizomes make it an invasive pest in some areas. It is present in the southern half of North America, southern Europe, much of Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and many tropical and subtropical areas. ''Paspalum dilatatum'' is a food source for several avian species, including the long-tailed widowbird. The common name dallisgrass was derived from A. T. Dallis, a 19th-century farmer who grew the species extensively near La Grange, Georgia. Description This is a perennial bunch grass forming dense, stiff clumps in the soil and spreading outward. It grows decumbent in a mat or erect to well over 1 m (3 ft) tall. The leaves are mostly hairless, growing up to 35 cm (14 in) long and 2.5 cm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carex Gaudichaudiana
''Carex gaudichaudiana'', also known as fen sedge, is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of Australia and New Zealand. Description The sedge has a long rhizome with loosely tufted shoots. The erect and roughly textured culms are in length and have a triangular cross-section with a diameter of about . The dark green leaves are longer than the culms and have a width of and have a rough texture at the edges and are surrounded by pale yellow-brown to orange-brown coloured sheaths. It has erect inflorescences with a length of composed of three to eight spikes. In its native range it flowers in Spring and Summer between September and February. Taxonomy The species was first described by the botanist Carl Sigismund Kunth in 1837 as a part of the work ''Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, Secundum Familias Naturales Disposita, Adjectis Characteribus, Differentiis et Synonymis. Stutgardiae et Tubingae''. It has s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrodanthonia
''Rytidosperma'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. Most of the species occur in Australasia, with a few in insular Southeast Asia, southern South America (Chile + Argentina), and certain islands of the Pacific (Hawaii + Easter Island).''Rytidosperma''. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora. Several are known by the general common name wallaby grass.''Rytidosperma''. USDA PLANTS Profile. ; Species''Rytidosperma''. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrostipa Scabra
''Austrostipa scabra'' (formerly ''stipa scabra'') known as speargrass, is a widespread species of tussock grass found in southern and central Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... Speargrass stems may reach tall, with stems up to tall. There are two subspecies, ''scabra'' and ''falcata''. References External links scabra Bunchgrasses of Australasia Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Flora of Victoria (state) Flora of South Australia Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of Western Australia Flora of Tasmania {{Pooideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynodon Dactylon
''Cynodon dactylon'', commonly known as Bermuda grass, is a grass found worldwide. It is native to Europe, Africa, Australia and much of Asia. It has been introduced to the Americas. Although it is not native to Bermuda, it is an abundant invasive species there. In Bermuda it has been known as "crab grass" (also a name for ''Digitaria sanguinalis''). It is also known by various names as ''Dhoob'', ''dūrvā'' grass, ''ethana'' grass, ''dubo'', dog grass, dog's tooth grass, Bahama grass, crab grass, devil's grass, couch grass, Indian ''doab'', ''arugampul'', grama, wiregrass and scutch grass. Description The blades are a grey-green colour and are short, usually long with rough edges. The erect stems can grow tall. The stems are slightly flattened, often tinged purple in colour. The seed heads are produced in a cluster of two to six spikes together at the top of the stem, each spike long. It has a deep root system; in drought situations with penetrable soil, the root system c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echinopogon Caespitosus
''Echinopogon caespitosus'', the bushy hedgehog grass or tufted hedgehog grass, is a species of grass native to southeastern Australia. It is often found in disturbed areas. The original specimen was collected at Katoomba railway station in 1931, and published in Icones Plantarum in 1934 by Charles Hubbard. The grass may grow to 1.5 metres, and is noticeable due to its dense, bristly head. The specific epithet is derived from Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ..., meaning ''tufted''.Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, page 270 Two varieties are currently recognised: *''Echinopogon caespitosus'' var. ''caespitosus'' *''Echinopogon caespitosus'' var. ''cunninghamii'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q15507953 Pooideae Plants described i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
