Malabar grass

Malabar grass
	Malabar grass ( Cymbopogon flexuosus )
Systematics
Order :	Sweet grass (Poales)
Family :	Sweet grasses (Poaceae)
Subfamily :	Panicoideae
Tribe :	Andropogoneae
Genre :	Lemongrass ( Cymbopogon )
Type :	Malabar grass
Scientific name
	Cymbopogon flexuosus
	( Nees ex Steud. ) W. Watson

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The Malabargras ( Cymbopogon flexuosus ) or East Indian lemongrass called, is a species within the genus lemongrass ( Cymbopogon ) in the family of grasses (Poaceae). The natural range extends from the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh , Assam , Bihar , Kerala , Meghalaya , Nagaland , Tamil Nadu , West Bengal and Karnataka via Nepal , Myanmar and Thailand to the Chinese province of Yunnan . It is grown and as a spice plant and medicinal plant uses. Essential oil is also extracted from it.

description

Fruit heads

Vegetative characteristics

Malabar grass grows as a perennial herbaceous plant and reaches stature heights of 3 meters. It forms a short, strong rhizome . The stalks have a diameter of 1 to 2 centimeters and the nodes (nodes) are hairy or bald or downy.

Generative characteristics

The inflorescences contain many flowers.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 20 or 40.

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1855 under the name ( Basionym ) Andropogon flexuosus Nees ex Steud. in Ernst Gottlieb Steudel's Synopsis plantarum glumacearum. The new combination to Cymbopogon flexuosus ( Nees ex Steud. ) W. Watson was published in 1882.

Synonyms are Andropogon nardus subsp. flexuosus ( Nees ex Steud. ) Hack. , Andropogon ampliflorus Steud. , Cymbopogon flexuosus var. Sikkimensis boron , Cymbopogon travancorensis boron , Cymbopogon flexuosus var. Arunachalis S.C.Nath & KKSarma , Cymbopogon flexuosus var. Assamensis S.C.Nath & KKSarma .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Cymbopogon flexuosus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Shou-liang Chen, Sylvia M. Phillips: Cymbopogon flexuosus , p. 630 - online with the same text as the printed work , In: Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven, Deyuan Hong (ed.): Flora of China , Volume 22 - Poaceae , Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis 2006, ISBN 1-930723-50-4 .
↑ Information on this species in the data sheet on the best-known species of the genus on Gernot Katzer's spice pages . (German)
^ Andropogon flexuosus Nees. In: Ernst Gottlieb Steudel : Synopsis plantarum glumacearum. Part 1: Gramineae. JB Metzler, Stuttgart 1855, p. 388, no.310.
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Cymbopogon flexuosus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved May 22, 2017.

Web links

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[GRIN-1] Cymbopogon flexuosus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved May 22, 2017.

[FoC-2] Shou-liang Chen, Sylvia M. Phillips: Cymbopogon flexuosus , p. 630 - online with the same text as the printed work , In: Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven, Deyuan Hong (ed.): Flora of China , Volume 22 - Poaceae , Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis 2006, ISBN 1-930723-50-4 .

[GernotKatzers-3] Information on this species in the data sheet on the best-known species of the genus on Gernot Katzer's spice pages . (German)

[4] Andropogon flexuosus Nees. In: Ernst Gottlieb Steudel : Synopsis plantarum glumacearum. Part 1: Gramineae. JB Metzler, Stuttgart 1855, p. 388, no.310.

[WCSP-5] Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Cymbopogon flexuosus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved May 22, 2017.