Melinis repens (Willd.) Zizka, Biblioth. Bot. 38: 55 1988. (syn. Erianthus repens (Willd.) P.Beauv.; Melinis argentea Mez; Melinis brachyrhynchus Mez; Melinis congesta Mez; Melinis nitens Mez; Melinis paupera Mez; Melinis repens subsp. repens ; Melinis rosea (Nees) Hack.; Melinis ruficoma (Steud.) Chiov.; Melinis stolzii Mez; Melinis ugandensis Mez; Monachyron roseum (Nees) Parl.; Monachyron tonsum (Nees) Parl.; Panicum braunii Steud.; Panicum roseum (Nees) Steud. [Illegitimate] .; Panicum sphacelatum (Benth.) Steud. [Illegitimate]; Panicum teneriffae var. roseum (Nees) F.M.Bailey; Panicum tonsum (Nees) Steud.; Rhynchelytrum dregeanum Nees ..; Rhynchelytrum gossweileri Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Rhynchelytrum repens (Willd.) C.E.Hubb. .; Rhynchelytrum roseum (Nees) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. ex Bews; Rhynchelytrum roseum (Nees) Stapf & C.E. Hubb.; Rhynchelytrum ruficomum Hochst. ex Steud.; Rhynchelytrum stolzii (Mez) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.; Rhynchelytrum tonsum (Nees) Lanza & Mattei; Saccharum repens Willd.; Saccharum sphacelatum (Benth.) Walp.; Tricholaena atropurpurea Voss [Invalid]; Tricholaena dregeana (Nees) T.Durand & Schinz; Tricholaena fragilis A.Braun; Tricholaena grandiflora var. collina Rendle; Tricholaena repens (Willd.) C.L.Hitchc. .; Tricholaena rosea Nees …; Tricholaena ruficoma (Steud.) Hack.; Tricholaena sphacelata Benth.; Tricholaena tonsa Nees .; Tricholaena violacea Voss [Invalid]);
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Africa to Arabian Peninsula: Aldabra, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe; Introduced into: Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Canary Is., Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Easter Is., Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Georgia, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Italy, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Sardegna, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Taiwan, Texas, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is. as per POWO;
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Rose Natal grass, Ruby Grass, Natal Redtop;
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Melinis repens – from Pune: Yes. It is Melinis repens. Also named as Rhynchelytrum repens in many older books. Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Poaceae 010413 CS2 from Hyderabad : 1 image. 3 posts by 2 authors. Re: MS ID 126 July 2013 – Request Id of the grass : Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors.
Please ID the grass. Photographs were taken on 19.5.2013 in Chamundi hills, Mysore. Melinis repens subsp. grandiflora (Hochst.) Zizka : Attachments (2). 1 post by 1 author. (= Rhynchelytrum villosum (Parl.) Chiov.)
14/07/2013
Uddanapalli, Krishnagiri DT, Tamil Nadu,
750m Altitude
Grass in open lands near rainfed land
Fresh spikes showy red, colour changed upon maturation. Is it cultivated as it’s not as per range as per the following links, if wild: WCSP e-monocot kyffhauser Sir, it is wild and reported in Gamble flora itself. I studied regional flora of this area 25 years back. It is reported in my dessertation also. Melinis repens is an exotic invasive species from Africa which has invaded several places in India in the tropical and subtropical zones. ANNOV09/09 Grass for identification : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Family: Poaceae Most probably Melinis repens .. Thank you very much sir.
Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Indonesian Grass : 1 image. 2 posts by 2 authors.
Could you help me to id our grass please. looks like Melinis repens syn Rhynchelytrum repens (Willd.) Hubbard
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