Difference between revisions of "Rottboellia cochinchinensis"

(Lour.) Clayton
Common names: Itchgrass
Introduced
Synonyms: Rottboellia exaltata Manisuris exaltata
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 691.
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Latest revision as of 17:57, 11 May 2021

Culms developing prop roots from the lower nodes. Sheaths with 1-3 mm, stiff, papillose-based hairs; ligules 1-1.3 mm, light brown; blades (9)20-50(60) cm long, 10-20(25) mm wide, glabrous abaxially, adaxial surfaces mostly sparsely pubes¬cent, densely pubescent behind the ligules, hairs papillose-based. Rames (3)6-15 cm long, 2-4 mm wide; internodes 6-12 mm. Sessile spikelets: lower glumes 3.5-7 mm long, 1.4-2 mm wide, convex to flat, 11-13(15)-veined, apices bifid; upper glumes 5-6.2 mm, navicular, almost completely enclosing the florets, (13) 15-17-veined; anthers of lower florets 2.2-2.3 mm; anthers of upper florets 1.2-2.1 mm; stigmas purple. Pedicels 3-6.5 mm long, 1.5-2.2 mm wide, flat. Pedicellate spikelets 3-8 mm, sterile. Caryopses 3-4 mm long, 2-2.2 mm wide. 2n = 20, 40.

Distribution

Puerto Rico, Ga., Tex., La., N.C., Ark., Miss., Ind., Fla.

Discussion

Rottboellia cochinchinensis is a native of southeast Asia. The species is considered one of the world's worst weeds, and is classified as a noxious weed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It is established in the southeastern United States, and has been reported from scattered locations elsewhere in the contiguous United States. In Africa, it is controlled by tillage or by fire, followed by shallow, then deep, plowing (Hall and Patterson 1992). 'Itchgrass' aptly describes the effects of the hairs on the skin.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.