Bothriochloa pertusa

Bothriochloa pertusa
A sward of Bothriochloa pertusa in Maui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Bothriochloa
Species:
B. pertusa
Binomial name
Bothriochloa pertusa
Synonyms
  • Amphilophis pertusa
  • Andropogon pertusus
  • Dichanthium pertusum
  • Holcus pertusus
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Bothriochloa pertusa is a species of grass. It is widely used as a fodder and a graze for livestock.

Common names for the plant include hurricane grass, Indian couch grass, Indian-bluegrass, pitted bluestem,[1] Seymour grass, Barbados sourgrass,[2] Antigua hay, pitted beardgrass,[3] sweet pitted grass, silver grass (English),[4] comagueyana,[1] yerba huracán (Spanish),[4] suket putihan, salay (Philippines), ya-hom, ya-hangma (Thailand), huyêt tha'o lô (Vietnam),[4] and kong ying cao (Chinese).[5]

The native range of the grass is probably in Asia, including China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia.[1][3] Its type locality was in India.[6] It is now widespread outside its native range, having been purposely introduced to many regions, such as Australia, the Americas, the Pacific, and Africa.[4] It is most common in tropical areas.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d "Bothriochloa pertusa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. ^ Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A. Camus. In: Duke, J. A. Handbook of Energy Crops. 1983. Unpublished. Center for New Crops & Plant Products. Purdue University.
  3. ^ a b Bothriochloa pertusa. Global Invasive Species Database, Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG), IUCN Species Survival Commission.
  4. ^ a b c d Cook, B. G., et al. Bothriochloa pertusa. Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Tropical Forages. CSIRO, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (Queensland), CIAT and ILRI, Brisbane, Australia. 2005.
  5. ^ Bothriochloa pertusa. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER).
  6. ^ Bothriochloa pertusa. Flora of Pakistan.