Imperata cylindrica

Characteristics

Monocots
POACEAE
Imperata
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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Classification

POALES
POACEAE
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

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Specimens and Distribution

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Plant Photos

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Imperata cylindrica - Betty Wargo View Full Size
Imperata cylindrica - 25
Imperata cylindrica - Betty Wargo View Full Size
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Imperata cylindrica - Shirley Denton View Full Size
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Imperata cylindrica - Dennis Girard View Full Size
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Imperata cylindrica - Frank Soltes View Full Size