Polytrias | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
Subtribe: | Saccharinae |
Genus: | Polytrias Hack. |
Species: | P. indica
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Binomial name | |
Polytrias indica (Houtt.) Veldkamp
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Synonyms[1][2][3] | |
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Polytrias is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family, commonly called Java grass, Batiki bluegrass, Indian murainagrass, or toto grass.[4][3] The only known species is Polytrias indica, native to West Africa (from Senegal to Cameroon), Seychelles, the Indian Subcontinent, southern China , Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Fiji, and Micronesia. It is also cultivated as a lawn grass in other tropical regions, and naturalized in scattered locations in tropical North and South America.[1][2][5]
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