Chrysopogon gryllus

Chrysopogon gryllus
Chrysopogon gryllus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Chrysopogon
Species:	C. gryllus
Binomial name
Chrysopogon gryllus (L.) Trin., 1820

Chrysopogon gryllus is a perennial bunchgrass of the family Poaceae, native to Europe and tropical and temperate Asia.

The grass grows to 50-150 cm in height. Spikelets are associated in threes, of which the fertile one is unisexual with the other two staminal or not completely developed. The fruit is corn seed.

References

• Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India.
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of Tropical East Africa.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR.
• Veldkamp, J. F. 1999. A revision of Chrysopogon Trin., including Vetiveria Bory (Poaceae) in Thailand and Malesia with notes on some other species from Africa and Australia. Austrobaileya 5:525–526.

External links

Media related to Chrysopogon gryllus at Wikimedia Commons

• USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) entry: Chrysopogon gryllus
• Black Sea Environmental Internet Node entry — United Nations Environment Programme.