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Chloris pilosa - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Chloris pilosa - Emerging panicle - Click to enlarge!

Emerging panicle; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Chloris pilosa - Panicle in flower - Click to enlarge!

Panicle in flower; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Chloris pilosa - Long hairs at postition of auricles - Click to enlarge!

Long hairs at postition of auricles; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Chloris pilosa - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 515
Date of entry: 16.04.2007
Last update: 11.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2728)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2642)

    Class: Liliopsida (399)

      Order: Cyperales (91)

        Family: Poaceae (73)(family description)

          Genus: Chloris (2)

            Epithet: pilosa Schum. (3)

Synonyms: Chloris breviseta Benth., Chloris nigra Hack.

nigra => black, blackness

pilosa => covered thinly with long soft hairs

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: green

External links

Check for Chloris pilosa at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.

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