Chloris barbata

TaxID: 167333

Basic Information

Chloris barbata

Swollen Windmill Grass, Purpletop chloris, Swollen fingergrass, Peacock plumegrass, Swollen Fingergrass

Chloris barbata (syn. Chloris inflata), the swollen fingergrass or purpletop chloris, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae. It is native to drier parts of the Old World tropics and sub-tropics, and it has been introduced to the southern US, most of Latin America and the Caribbean, many tropical islands, and Australia. It is considered an invasive weed species and is host to a number of serious agricultural pest species.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Poales

Poaceae

Chloris

barbata

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Chloris barbata
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(c) Hong@BY-NC
Chloris barbata
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(c) Hong@BY-NC
Chloris barbata
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(c) unknown@CC0
Chloris barbata
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(c) Allen Lyu@BY-NC
Chloris barbata
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(c) 林慧津@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Nicaragua Absent —
French Polynesia Present —

Distribution (96 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Antigua and Barbuda Present —
Aruba Present —
United Arab Emirates Present —
Argentina Present —
American Samoa Present —
Australia Present —
Benin Present —
Burkina Faso Present —
Bangladesh Present —
Bahamas Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (7 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
MXBZI042-10 - rbcLa 552 Mexico 1999-09-17 15.784, -96.063
ITSAK3253-14 - ITS2 265 Mexico - 23.874361, -101.554
ITSAJ3090-14 - ITS2 208 China - 38.073254, 104.69114
GENG370-14 - rbcL 537 India 2013-11-21 22.34, 73.22
GBVX3698-15 - matK 543 China - 38.073254, 104.69114
GBVR4797-13 - matK 1539 - - -
GBVR4663-13 - rbcL 1335 - - -

Literature