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| September 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
September 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
September 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
| Family | Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) |
| Scientific name | Themeda triandra Forsskål |
| Synonyms | Anthistiria imberbis Retzius; Anthistiria japonica Willdenow; Themeda australis (R. Brown) Stapf; Themeda barbinodis B. S. Sun & S. Wang; Themeda forskalii (Kunth) Hackel ex Duthie var. major subvar. japonica (Willdenow) Hackel ex A. & C. de Candolle; Themeda imberbis (Retzius) T. Cooke; Themeda japonica (Willdenow) Tanaka; Themeda triandra Forsskål subsp. japonica T. Koyama; Themeda triandra Forsskål var. imberbis (Retzius) A. Camus; Themeda triandra Forsskål var. japonica (Willdenow) Makino |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) me-garukaya [female being cut thatch] |
| (English common name) Kangaroo grass, red grass | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Philippines Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia, Australia, Myanmar, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Africa | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=20, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 (only 2n=80 in Japan) |
| Description | Culms 70-100cm. Leaves 30-50cm length, 3-8mm width. Flowers inflorescences 20-40cm length, spikelets 8-10mm, flowering in September to October. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Themeda japonica (Willd.) Tanaka |
| Themeda triandra Forsskål | |
| Themeda triandra Forssk. | |
| Themeda australis (R.Br.) Stapf | |
| Method for determining seedling quality (US Patent 6236739/2001) |
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