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Rottboellia purpurascens

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Species of swamp grass

Rottboellia purpurascens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Rottboellia
Species: R. purpurascens
Binomial name
Rottboellia purpurascens
(Robyns) Jacq.-Fel. (1929)
Synonyms
  • Chasmopodium purpurascens (Robyns) Clayton
  • Robynsiochloa purpurascens (Robyns) Jacq.-Fél.
  • Rottboellia compressa Vanderyst

Rottboellia purpurascens is a species of swamp grass native to tropical Western Africa and the Congo Basin. It grows 1–1.6 metres (3 ft 3 in – 5 ft 3 in) tall stalks, with 25–55 centimetres (9.8 in – 1 ft 9.7 in) long leaves.

References

  1. "Compilation Rottboellia purpurascens", JSTOR, retrieved 21 February 2022
  2. ^ "Rottboellia purpurascens", Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, retrieved 21 February 2022
  3. "purpurascens distribution", Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, retrieved 21 February 2022
Taxon identifiers
Rottboellia purpurascens


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