Imperata cylindrica

Characteristics
Monocots
POACEAE
Imperata
Imperata cylindrica (L.)P.Beauv.
COGONGRASS
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Analyses by Burrell et al. (2015) suggest that one clonal lineage (CL2) is predominant in Florida, with its origin unknown. One other clonal lineage identified as I. brasiliensis (CL5 in Burrell et al. 2015) sampled from Miami-Dade County was determined to be the same clonal lineage from the putative native range of I. brasiliensis in Brazil.
Not Native UPL (NWPL) FISC(I)
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Classification
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POALES
Imperata
Imperata cylindrica (L.)P.Beauv. - COGONGRASS
Citation
IMPERATA CYLINDRICA (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 8, 165, 177. 1812.
Lagurus cylindricus Linnaeus 1759.
ITALY: Without data (lectotype: LINN 96.2). Lectotypified by Clayton & Renvoize, in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Gramineae 3: 700. 1982.
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Species Distribution Map
Plant Photos
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