Hemarthria altissima

Hemarthria altissima, variously called limpo grass, limpograss, halt grass, Batavian quick grass, swamp couch grass, red swamp grass and red vleigrass, is a species of flowering plant in the jointgrass genus Hemarthria, family Poaceae.[1] It is native to the Old World Tropics and Subtropics; Africa, Southern Europe, the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, eastern China, and Borneo, and widely introduced as a forage in the New World, from Texas and Florida south to northern Argentina.[2] In addition to being a valued forage for livestock, it makes a good, fragrant silage.[2] A number of cultivars are commercially available.[3]

Hemarthria altissima
Close-up of specimen
Patches of Hemarthria altissima in a pasture in Hawaii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Hemarthria
Species:
H. altissima
Binomial name
Hemarthria altissima
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Andropogon altissimus (Poir.) Raspail
    • Andropogon fasciculatus Raspail
    • Hemarthria capensis Trin.
    • Hemarthria caudiculata Steud.
    • Hemarthria compressa var. fasciculata (Hack.) Keng
    • Hemarthria fasciculata Kunth
    • Hemarthria guyanensis Steud.
    • Lepturus fasciculatus Trin.
    • Lodicularia capensis (Trin.) Nees
    • Lodicularia fasciculata P.Beauv.
    • Manisuris altissima (Poir.) Hitchc.
    • Manisuris fasciculata (Hack.) Hitchc.
    • Rottboellia altissima Poir.
    • Rottboellia articulata Thunb. ex Roem. & Schult.
    • Rottboellia fasciculata Lam.
    • Rottboellia heterochroa Gand.
    • Rottboellia spathacea Ten.

References
  1. "Hemarthria altissima (Poir.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  2. Heuzé, V.; Tran, G.; Eugène, M.; Lebas (15 July 2015). "Limpo grass (Hemarthria altissima)". Feedipedia – Animal Feed Resources Information System. Feedipedia, a programme by INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. Lin, Yao; Zhang, Ailing; Yang, Shengting; Huang, Linkai (2019). "Reference gene selection for real-time quantitative PCR normalization in Hemarthria compressa and Hemarthria altissima leaf tissue". Molecular Biology Reports. 46 (5): 4763–4769. doi:10.1007/s11033-019-04922-4. PMID 31228043. S2CID 195246694.


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