| Rottboellia cochinchinensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Genus: | Rottboellia |
| Species: | R. cochinchinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton
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Rottboellia cochinchinensis is a species of grass known by the common names Itchgrass,[1][2] Raoul grass,[3] corngrass,[4] Kokoma grass, Guinea-fowl grass, jointed grass, Shamwa grass[1] and Kelly grass.[5] It is a tall, tufted annual grass whose stems (culms) grow up to 3 metres (9 ft 10 in) in height with leaf-blades of up to 45 centimetres (1 ft 6 in) in length.[6] The species flowers at the apex of culms in the form of spike-like racemes composed of paired spikelets.[4] The common name Itchgrass comes from the bristly (hispid) leaf-sheath which can be irritating to the skin.[4]
Rottboellia cochinchinensis is native to tropical Asia and Africa and has also been introduced to the Americas where it is often considered to be an invasive species.[1][7][2] It is a major weed of a wide range of crops including maize, rice, sorghum and sugar cane.[1][8]
- ^ a b c d Holm, L. G., Plucknett, D. L., Pancho, J. V., & Herberger, J. P. (1977). The world’s worst weeds. The World’s Worst Weeds.
- ^ a b Smith, M. C., Reeder, R. H., & Thomas, M. B. (1997). A Model to Determine the Potential for Biological Control of Rottboellia cochinchinensis with the Head Smut Sporisorium ophiuri. The Journal of Applied Ecology, 34(2), 388. https://doi.org/10.2307/2404884
- ^ Lencse, R. J., & Griffin, J. L. (1991). Itchgrass ( Rottboellia cochinchinensis ) Interference in Sugarcane ( Saccharum sp .) Weed Science. 5(2), 396–399.
- ^ a b c Hafliger, E., & Scholz, H. (1980). Grass weeds I. Weeds of the subfamily Panicoideae. Grass Weeds I. Weeds of the Subfamily Panicoideae.
- ^ GBIF Secretariat (2019) Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei https://www.gbif.org/species/2704075 [Accessed on 08 October 2019]
- ^ Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html. [Accessed 08 October 2019]
- ^ Clayton, W. D. (1980). Notes on the Tribe Andropogoneae ( Gramineae ) Kew Bulletin, 35(4), 813–818.
- ^ Bolfrey-Arku, G. E.-K., Chauhan, B. S., & Johnson, D. E. (2011). Seed Germination Ecology of Itchgrass ( Rottboellia cochinchinensis ) . Weed Science, 59(2), 182–187. https://doi.org/10.1614/ws-d-10-00095.1