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Chloris  Sw.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 41552

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): windmill grass
 
    windmillgrass spp.
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2010   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderPoales   
                            FamilyPoaceae  – grasses, graminées  
                               GenusChloris Sw. – windmill grass, windmillgrass spp.  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Chloris affinis Caro & E.A. Sánchez  
                                  Species Chloris andropogonoides E. Fourn. – slimspike wind millgrass, slimspike windmill grass 
                                  Species Chloris arenaria Hitchc. & Ekman  
                                  Species Chloris barbata Sw. – swollen fingergrass 
                                  Species Chloris berazainiae Catasús  
                                  Species Chloris berroi Arechav.  
                                  Species Chloris boliviensis Renvoize  
                                  Species Chloris X brevispica Nash  
                                  Species Chloris canterae Arechav.  
                                  Species Chloris castilloniana Lillo & Parodi  
                                  Species Chloris ciliata Sw. – fringed windmill grass 
                                  Species Chloris cruciata (L.) Sw.  
                                  Species Chloris cucullata Bisch. – hooded windmill grass, hooded windmillgrass 
                                  Species Chloris divaricata R. Br. – spreading windmill grass 
                                  Species Chloris ekmanii Hitchc.  
                                  Species Chloris elata Desv. – tall windmill grass 
                                  Species Chloris exilis Renvoize  
                                  Species Chloris gayana Kunth – Rhodes grass, rhodesgrass 
                                  Species Chloris halophila Parodi  
                                  Species Chloris orthonoton Döll  
                                  Species Chloris paniculata Scribn.  
                                  Species Chloris parvispicula Caro & E.A. Sánchez  
                                  Species Chloris pectinata Benth. – comb windmill grass 
                                  Species Chloris pilosa Schumach.  
                                  Species Chloris pycnothrix Trin.  
                                  Species Chloris radiata (L.) Sw. – radiate fingergrass 
                                  Species Chloris rufescens Lag.  
                                  Species Chloris sagraeana A. Rich. – roadside windmill grass 
                                  Species Chloris sesquiflora Burkart  
                                  Species Chloris X subdolichostachya Müll. Hal. – short-spike windmill grass, shortspike windmill grass, Nash windmill grass, Nash windmillgrass 
                                  Species Chloris submutica Kunth – Mexican windmill grass 
                                  Species Chloris suringarii Hitchc.  
                                  Species Chloris texensis Nash – Texas windmill grass 
                                  Species Chloris truncata R. Br. – Australian fingergrass 
                                  Species Chloris ventricosa R. Br. – Australian windmill grass 
                                  Species Chloris verticillata Nutt. – tumble windmill grass, windmillgrass, Tumble Windmillgrass 
                                  Species Chloris virgata Sw. – feather fingergrass, feather windmill grass, showy chloris 
       

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  Source: Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009, database (version 24/11/2009)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html   
  Reference for: Chloris   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Chloris   
       
  Source: Poaceae update, database (version Sept. 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources   
  Reference for: Chloris   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Chloris   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
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