Chloris barbata Sw. (Tropical & Subtropical Old World: Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, China Southeast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gulf States, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Kuwait, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Rodrigues, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen; Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, California, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gilbert Is., Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Leeward Is., Line Is., Louisiana, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niue, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Phoenix Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Carolina, Suriname, Texas, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, Windward Is. as per POWO)

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Chloris bournei Rang. & Tadul. (S. India as per POWO)
  
            


Chloris flagellifera (Nees) P.M.Peterson (Sahara to NW India: Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Iran, Libya, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, West Himalaya, Yemen as per POWO)

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Chloris gayana Kunth (Introduced) (Macaronesia, Tropical & S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf States, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Introduced into: Algeria, Andaman Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, California, Chile Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Desventurados Is., Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Easter Is., Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, India, Iraq, Jamaica, Jawa, Kermadec Is., Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malaya, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Morocco, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Sardegna, South Australia, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Texas, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia as per POWO)

 


Chloris quinquesetica Bhide (Oman, Pakistan to W. India (as per POWO))

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Chloris virgata Sw. (Introduced) (Temp. & Subtropical America: Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, California, Chile Central, Chile North, Colombia, Colorado, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Venezuela, Windward Is.; Introduced into: Afghanistan, Algeria, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Ascension, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gilbert Is., Gulf States, Hawaii, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Manchuria, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Primorye, Qinghai, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Society Is., Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, St.Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe as per POWO)
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From Floral Database of Tamilnadu
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Binomial Habit Notes References Distribution
Chloris barbata Sw. Herb Plains,
Exposed Localities
Flora of Tamil
Nadu, VOL. III, 1989
All districts
Chloris bournei Rang. & Tadl. Herb Plains,
Exposed Localities
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989
Coimbatore,  Cuddalore, Ramanatha puram, Thanjavur,
Tirunelveli
Chloris dolichostachya Lagasca (syn. of Enteropogon dolichostachyus (Lag.) Keng) Herb Plains
to Mid Altitude, Exposed Localities
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989
Coimbatore, Cuddalore,  Dharmapuri,  Kanchee puram,  Kanniya kumari, Madurai, Nilgiri, Salem,
Thiruvallur, Tirunelveli, Tiruvanna malai, Viluppuram
Chloris gayana Kunth ex Stapf. Herb Western
Ghats, Cultivated/ Naturalized, Native of Tropical America
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989
Coimbatore,
Nilgiri
Chloris montana Roxb. Herb Plains,
Exposed Localities
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989; Gamble & Fischer, 1957
Coimbatore,
Cuddalore, Kanniya kumari,
Kanchee puram, Ramanatha puram, Salem, Thiruvallur, Tirunelveli,
Tiruvanna malai, Vellore, Viluppuram
Chloris pycnothrix Trin. Herb Eastern
Ghats, Naturalized, Native of Tropical America
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989; Britto & Matthew, 1983
Salem
Chloris roxburghiana Schultes  Herb Western
Ghats, Grasslands
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989; Bor, 1960; Gamble & Fischer, 1957
Coimbatore,
Dindigul, Nilgiri,  Tirunelveli,
Virudhu nagar
Chloris virgata Sw. Herb Plains,
Dry Localities 
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989; Gamble & Fischer, 1957
Coimbatore,  Kanchee puram, Kanniya kumari, Salem,
Ramanatha puram, Thiruvallur
Chloris wightiana Nees ex Steud. Herb Saline
Localities, Endemic
Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989
Ramanatha puram, Thoothuk kudi, Tirunelveli 

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Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 6.1.14 :

Botanical name Family Common name
Chloris barbata Poaceae Swollen Finger Grass

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A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon -, Volume 8 edited by M. D. Dassanayake, Francis Raymond Fosberg, Smithsonian Institution (1994- Details with keys

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An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995- Details with keys
Chloris inflata Link is a synonym of Chloris barbata,

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Chloris bournei Rang. & Tadul.,

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Flora of Madhya Pradesh: Chhatarpur and Damoh By G. P. Roy, B. K. Shukla, Bhaskar Datt (1992- Details with keys

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Flora of Ranga Reddi District Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, M. Silar Mohammed (2000- Details with keys

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Chloris : 1 post by 1 author.

I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Chloris

Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible. It’s quite possible that there may be some discrepancy in the accepted names & synonyms taken from other databases.

Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the page in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details.

Any comments are welcome


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Chloris (Poaceae) with comparative images:
Pl. go through‎ Chloris (Poaceae) page with comparative images of species in efloraofindia. On clicking the link of species, one can check the complete details. Genus pages generally give details of most of the species found in India.
I request you to pl. go through & point out mistakes, if any. I hope this will aid in identification in future. If anybody can send images of other species of this genus (for incorporation in the website), if any, or can identify unidentified images, it will be really nice. Pl. circulate it widely, for the benefit of all concerned.
Most of the identifications have been done by Sh. Manoj Chandran ji.


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