Species notes
About Imperata cylindrica
Imperata cylindrica (also recorded as Alang-alang, Blady grass, Cogon grass, Japgrass, Satintail, Speargrass) is an accepted species in the family Poaceae, within the order Poales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Baleares, Benin, Burkina, and Botswana. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.
- Common name
- Alang-alang, Blady grass, Cogon grass, Japgrass, Satintail, Speargrass
- Family
- Poaceae
- Order
- Poales
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Baleares, Benin, Burkina, Botswana
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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