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I. globosa = Swamp Millet acc. to IUCN.
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*''[[Isachne albens]]''
*''[[Isachne albens]]''
*''[[Isachne angolensis]]''
*''[[Isachne angolensis]]''
*''[[Isachne angustifolia]]'' - ''yerba de alambre''
*''[[Isachne angustifolia]]'' ''Yerba de alambre''
*''[[Isachne arundinacea]]''
*''[[Isachne arundinacea]]''
*''[[Isachne beneckei]]''
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*''[[Isachne dispar]]''
*''[[Isachne dispar]]''
*''[[Isachne disperma]]''
*''[[Isachne disperma]]''
*''[[Isachne distichophylla]]'' - ridgetop bloodgrass
*''[[Isachne distichophylla]]'' ''Ridgetop bloodgrass''
*''[[Isachne elegans]]''
*''[[Isachne elegans]]''
*''[[Isachne globosa]]''
*''[[Isachne globosa]]'' — ''Swamp Millet''
*''[[Isachne goiasensis]]''
*''[[Isachne goiasensis]]''
*''[[Isachne kunthiana]]''
*''[[Isachne kunthiana]]''
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*''[[Isachne myosotis]]''
*''[[Isachne myosotis]]''
*''[[Isachne nipponensis]]''
*''[[Isachne nipponensis]]''
*''[[Isachne pallens]]'' - Kauai bloodgrass
*''[[Isachne pallens]]'' ''Kauai bloodgrass''
*''[[Isachne polygonoides]]''
*''[[Isachne polygonoides]]''
*''[[Isachne pubescens]]''
*''[[Isachne pubescens]]''

Revision as of 14:42, 9 October 2014

Isachne
Isachne globosa
Scientific classification
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Genus:
Isachne

Species

60-100, see text

Isachne is a genus of grasses. There are about 60 species distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical world.[1] They may be known generally as bloodgrasses.[2]

These are annual and perennial grasses. The stems are hollow, the leaves are often nerved, and the inflorescence may be an open or narrow panicle. The spikelets are rounded to spherical.[1] Many species are aquatic. Isachne globosa is a weed of rice cultivation.[3]

There are about 60[1] to 100 species.[3]

Species include:

2

References

  1. ^ a b c Isachne. Flora of Taiwan: Gramineae.
  2. ^ Isachne. USDA PLANTS.
  3. ^ a b Watson, L. and M. J. Dallwitz. 1992 onwards. Isachne. The Grass Genera of the World. Version: 18 December 2012.

External links

  • Isachne. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • Isachne. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora.