Oplismenus hirtellus




Family Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Scientific name Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois
Synonyms Hippagrostis hirtella (L.) Kuntze; Hippagrostis loliacea (Lamarck) Kuntze; Hippagrostis setarius (Lamarck) Kuntze; Milium undulatifolium Moench; Oplismenus africanus Palisot de Beauvois; Oplismenus africanus Palisot de Beauvois var. capensis (Hochstetter) Stapf; Oplismenus aristulatus Burcham; Oplismenus bakeri Schinz; Oplismenus brasiliensis Raddi; Oplismenus bromoides Baker; Oplismenus capensis Hochstetter; Oplismenus chondrosioides E. Fournier; Oplismenus compositus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois subsp. setarius (Lamarck) Mez ex Ekman; Oplismenus compositus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois var. imbecillis (R. Brown) F. M. Bailey; Oplismenus compositus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois var. loliaceus (Lamarck) Hackel; Oplismenus compositus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois var. setarius (Lamarck) F. M. Bailey; Oplismenus depauperatus E. Fournier; Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois forma imbecillis (R. Brown) Scholz; Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois forma lanceolatus Scholz; Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois forma loliaceus (Lamarck) Stehle; Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois subsp. acuminatus (Mez ex Peter) Scholz; Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois subsp. capensis (Hochstetter) Scholz; Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois subsp. fasciculatus Scholz; Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois subsp. imbecillis (R. Brown) Scholz; Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois subsp. japonicus (Steudel) Scholz; Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois subsp. loliaceus (Lamarck) Mez ex Peter; Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois subsp. microphyllus (Honda) Scholz; Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois subsp. psilostachys (Honda) Scholz; Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois subsp. setarius (Lamarck) Mez; Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois subsp. tsushimensis (Honda) Scholz; Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois subsp. undulatifolius (Arduino) Scholz; Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Palisot de Beauvois var. acuminatus Mez ex Peter; Oplismenus imbecillis (R. Brown) Roemer & Schultes; Oplismenus imbecillis (R. Brown) Roemer & Schultes var. morrisonensis Honda; Oplismenus japonicus (Steudel) Honda; Oplismenus loliaceus (Lamarck) Palisto de Beauvois; Oplismenus microphyllus Honda; Oplismenus minus Merrill; Oplismenus parvifolius Kunth; Oplismenus psilostachys Honda; Oplismenus setarius (Lamarck) Roemer & Schultes; Oplismenus setarius (Lamarck) Roemer & Schultes var. imbecillis (R. Brown) Bentham ex Hackel; Oplismenus tsushimensis Honda; Oplismenus undulatifolius (Arduino) Roemer & Schultes; Oplismenus undulatifolius (Arduino) Roemer & Schultes var. imbecillis (R. Brown) Hackel; Oplismenus undulatifolius (Arduino) Roemer & Schultes var. japonicus (Steudel) Koidzumi; Oplismenus undulatifolius (Arduino) Roemer & Schultes var. lanceolatus Domin; Oplismenus undulatifolius (Arduino) Roemer & Schultes var. microphyllus (Honda) Ohwi; Oplismenus undulatifolius (Arduino) Roemer & Schultes var. mollis Domin; Orthopogon africanus (Palisot de Beauvois) Sweet; Orthopogon hirtellus (Linnaeus) Nuttall; Orthopogon imbecillis R. Brown; Orthopogon loliaceus (Lamarck) Sprengel; Orthopogon parvifolius Nuttall; Orthopogon setarius (Lamarck) Sprengel; Orthopogon undulatifolius (Arduino) Sprengel; Orthopogon undulatus Link; Orthopogon velutinus (G. Meyer) Sprengel; Panicum acuminatissimum Steudel; Panicum africanum (Palisot de Beauvois) Poiret; Panicum balfourii Baker; Panicum barbifultum Hochstetter ex Schlechtendal; Panicum hirtellum L.; Panicum imbecille (R. Brown) Trinius; Panicum japonicum Steudel; Panicum kraussii Steudel; Panicum loliaceum Lamarck; Panicum nuttallianum Steudel; Panicum raddianum Steudel; Panicum setarium Lamarck; Panicum undulatifolium Arduino; Panicum velutinum G. Meyer; Poecilostachys bakeri (Schinz) C. E. Hubbard; Poecilostachys bromoides Stapf; Setaria hirtella Schultes
Common name (Japanese common name) chidimi-zasa [crepe bamboograss], ke-chidimi-zasa [hairy crepe bamboograss]
(English common name) wavyleaf basketgrass
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Eurasia, French Polynesia, Fiji, Africa, USA, South America
Chromosomal number 2n=54
Description Plants electing 10-30cm. Flowers spikelets 3mm, flowering in August to October. Perennial plants.
Reference Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) P. Beauv.
Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) P. Beauv.
Oplismenus undulatifolius (Arduino) Roemer et Schultes
Method for quantifying plant resource using GIS (US Patent 20070124335)



September 2007
at Mt. Tsukuba
September 2007
at Mt. Tsukuba



September 2007
at Mt. Tsukuba
September 2007
at Mt. Tsukuba



September 2007
at Mt. Tsukuba
September 2007
at Mt. Tsukuba