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Chloris (plant)
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Chloris is a genus of grasses
which are known generally as windmill grass or finger grass.
These grasses are found worldwide, but especially in the tropical and subtropical regions, and more often in the Southern Hemisphere. Grasses of this genus are variable in morphology, but in general the plants are less than half a meter in height and they bear inflorescence
s shaped like umbel
s, with several plumes lined with rows of spikelets
. The genus was named for Chloris
of Greek myth, a figure associated with flowers and spring.
Species include:
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
which are known generally as windmill grass or finger grass.
These grasses are found worldwide, but especially in the tropical and subtropical regions, and more often in the Southern Hemisphere. Grasses of this genus are variable in morphology, but in general the plants are less than half a meter in height and they bear inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
s shaped like umbel
Umbel
An umbel is an inflorescence which consists of a number of short flower stalks which are equal in length and spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs....
s, with several plumes lined with rows of spikelets
Raceme
A raceme is a type of inflorescence that is unbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate flowers — flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels — along the axis. In botany, axis means a shoot, in this case one bearing the flowers. In a raceme, the oldest flowers are borne...
. The genus was named for Chloris
Chloris
thumb|250px|right| "As she talks, her lips breathe spring roses:I was Chloris, who am now called Flora." [[Ovid]]There are many stories in Greek mythology about figures named Chloris...
of Greek myth, a figure associated with flowers and spring.
Species include:
- Chloris andropogonoides - slimspike windmill grass
- Chloris barbata - swollen windmill grass
- Chloris ciliata - fringed windmill grass
- Chloris cubensis - Cuban windmill grass
- Chloris cucullata - hooded windmill grass
- Chloris divaricata - spreading windmill grass
- Chloris elata - tall windmill grass
- Chloris gayanaChloris gayanaChloris gayana is a species of grass known by the common name Rhodes grass. It is native to Africa but it can be found throughout the tropical and subtropical world as a naturalized species....
- Rhodes grass - Chloris pectinata - comb windmill grass
- Chloris pycnothrix - spiderweb chloris
- Chloris radiata - radiate fingergrass
- Chloris sagraeana - roadside windmill grass
- Chloris submutica - Mexican windmill grass
- Chloris texensis - Texas windmill grass
- Chloris truncataChloris truncataChloris truncata, known by its common name of Australian Windmill Grass or simply Windmill Grass locally in Australia, is a perennial grass....
- Australian fingergrass, black windmill grass - Chloris ventricosa - Australian windmill grass, plump windmill grass
- Chloris verticillata - tumble windmill grass
- Chloris virgataChloris virgataChloris virgata is a species of grass known by the common names feather fingergrass and feather windmillgrass. It is native to many of the warmer temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions of the world, including parts of Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas, and it is present in many other areas as...
- feather fingergrass