| Family |
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) |
| Scientific name |
Imperata cylindrica (L.) Palisot de Beauvois |
| Synonyms |
Calamagrostis lagurus Koeler; Imperata allang Junghuhn; Imperata angolensis
Fritsch; Imperata arundinacea Cirillo; Imperata arundinacea Cirillo subvar.
europea (Andersson) Hackel; Imperata arundinacea Cirillo subvar. glabrescens
(Büse) Hackel; Imperata arundinacea Cirillo subvar. thunbergii (Retzius)
Hackel, in Alph. de Candolle; Imperata arundinacea Cirillo var. africana
Andersson; Imperata arundinacea Cirillo var. europea Andersson; Imperata
arundinacea Cirillo var. glabrescens Büse, in Miquel; Imperata arundinacea
Cirillo var. genuina Hackel, in Alph. de Candolle; Imperata arundinacea
Cirillo var. indica Andersson; Imperata arundinacea Cirillo var. koenigii
(Retzius) Bentham; Imperata arundinacea Cirillo var. latifolia Hooker f.;
Imperata arundinacea Cirillo var. pedicellata (Steudel) Debeaux; Imperata
arundinacea Cirillo var. thunbergii (Retzius) Stapf; Imperata cylindrica
(L.) Palisot de Beauvois forma pallida Honda; Imperata cylindrica (L.)
Palisot de Beauvois var. africana (Andersson) C. E. Hubbard; Imperata cylindrica
(L.) Palisot de Beauvois var. europea (Andersson) Ascherson & Graebner;
Imperata cylindrica (L.) Palisot de Beauvois var. genuina A. Camus; Imperata
cylindrica (L.) Palisot de Beauvois var. glabrescens (Büse) Ohwi, Acta
Phytotax; Imperata cylindrica (L.) Palisot de Beauvois var. koenigii (Retzius)
Bentham ex Pilger; Imperata cylindrica (L.) Palisot de Beauvois var. latifolia
(Hooker f.) C. E. Hubbard; Imperata cylindrica (L.) Palisot de Beauvois
var. major (Nees von Esenbeck) C. E. Hubbard, in C. E. Hubbard & Vaughan;
Imperata cylindrica (L.) Palisot de Beauvois var. thunbergii (Retzius)
T. Durand & Schinz; Imperata dinteri Pilger; Imperata koenigii (Retzius)
Palisot de Beauvois; Imperata koenigii (Retzius) Palisot de Beauvois var.
major Nees von Esenbeck; Imperata pedicellata Steudel; Imperata sieberi
Opiz; Imperata thunbergii (Retzius) Roemer & Schultes; Lagurus cylindricus
L.; Saccharum cylindricum (L.) Lamarck; Saccharum europaeum Persoon; Saccharum
koenigii Retzius; Saccharum laguroides Pourret; Saccharum sisca Cavanilles;
Saccharum thunbergii Retzius |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) chi-gaya [chi thatch (meaning of chi is unknown)] |
| (English common name) blady grass, cogon, cogongrass, cotton-wool grass |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Asia, Africa |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=20 |
| Description |
Plants clums 30-70cm. Leaves 20-40cm length, 7-12mm width. Flowers flowering
in May to June. Perennial plants. |
| Reference |
Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv. |
| Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv. |
| Imperata cylindrica |
| Note |
common |
