     
Taxon: Imperata brasiliensis Trin.
Genus: Imperata
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Panicoideae tribe: Andropogoneae.
Nomen number: 19863
Place of publication: Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2(3):331. 1832
Name verified on: 10-Nov-2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 10-Nov-2009
Species priority site is: Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, Griffin, GA (S9).
Accessions:
2 in National Plant Germplasm System.
Check PlantSearch
database of Botanic Gardens
Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
SPECIES RESTRICTED AS A FEDERAL AND STATE NOXIOUS
WEED
- A declared noxious weed by
USDA-APHIS.
- A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious
weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links
to state information or web documents:
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AL*, FL*, MA*, MS*, NC*, PR*.
| ªAquatic.
| *Terrestrial.
| °In seed.
|
- Link to noxious weed information from
- Brazilian blady grass (Source: F NAmer
) – English
- Brazilian satintail (Source: USDA/APHIS
) – English
- capim-agreste (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
- capim-sapé (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
- macega (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
- sapé (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
- sapé-macho (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
- More:
- Weed: potential seed contaminant (fide Weed CIBA)
- More:
Native:
- NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico
- SOUTHERN AMERICA
Caribbean: Bahamas; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Jamaica; Trinidad and Tobago
Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Panama
Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
Brazil: Brazil
Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
Southern South America: Argentina; Chile; Paraguay; Uruguay
Naturalized: - naturalized elsewhere, including s.e. United States
- Burkart, A. E., ed.
1969–. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios.
- CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
- Davidse, G. et al., eds.
1994. Flora mesoamericana.
- FNA Editorial Committee.
1993–. Flora of North America.
- Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
[re. Brazilian common names].
- Hitchcock, A. S.
1936. Manual of the grasses of the West Indies.
- McVaugh, R.
1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
- Plant Protection and Quarantine Office.
United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Federal noxious weed list (on-line resource).
- Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
- Vergara, R. et al.
2008. Preliminary study using ISSRs to differentiate Imperata taxa (Poaceae: Andropogoneae) growing in the US.
SouthE. Naturalist
7:267–276. [used ISSRs in order to differentiate morphotypes of this taxon from native (I. brevifolia) and weedy (I. cylindrica) taxa, based on UPGMA analysis found that this taxon appeared in a well supported cluster aside from cogongrass].
- More:
Check other web resources for Imperata brasiliensis Trin.:
Images:
- More:
- Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
-
 Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be
inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require
specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with
properly documented herbarium material.
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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville,
Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?19863 (18 June 2013)
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