Characteristics
Monocots
Imperata cylindrica (L.)P.Beauv.
COGONGRASS
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Imperata cylindrica was cultivated in Florida in 1937, and was naturalized by the 1950s in Hernando and Walton counties. Analyses by Burrell et al. (2015) suggest that one clonal lineage (CL2, possibly from the Philippines) is predominant in Florida, with another (CL1, possibly from southern Japan) present in the panhandle.
Not Native
UPL (NWPL)
FISC(I)
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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.
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
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